One of the best things about WordPress is their anti-spam program, Akismet.
Akismet is very efficient at catching comment spam, but every now and then a legitimate comments gets blocked. That’s why it is important to check the Akismet spam folder regularly.
I often forget to do this.
Today I checked my spam folder and bailed out Gordie, who Akismet mistakenly marked as spam.
To check your spam folder click on
dashboard … comments. Under the title “Edit Comments” you’ll see a linked titled “Spam.”
Click on “Spam” and you will be able to review comments sent to your spam folder.
For me Akismet has an overall accuracy rate of 99.783% and has caught 232,971 spam comments, so it is a very effective tool.
I do wonder though what other legitimate comments Akismet has marked as spam that I have missed.
How many spam comments has Akismet blocked for you?
Rose DesRochersRose wears many hats. She's a wife, mother, respite worker, proud shih-tzu owner, blogger, published poet, freelance writer, as well as the owner and administrator of Today's Writing Community and Blogger Talk Blog Community. Feel free to contact her with any questions you may have.Rose DesRochers has 1216 post(s) at Rose DesRochers – World Outside My Window
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Wrote: Jan 7, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Akismet works well for me. I actually didn’t know I could go in and check to see the spam. Thanks for the tip with that cause you never know maybe someone that I know got spammed and is sitting in there right now all alone. Well maybe not all alone, but alone with the other spam. BTW do you like Spam.? You know Spam in a can. I don’t well I actually haven’t had it in a long time. There is something creepy about canned meat that never goes bad. Ok sorry kinda off topic.
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Rose DesRochers Reply:
January 7th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
I do not like spam said Rose I am. I do not like it a can or fried in a pan.
Wrote: Jan 7, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Since May 2007, Akismet’s caught 55,592 spams, including 4,491 legitimate comments with a 99.193% rate.
Thanks for reminding me about the Akismet Stats panel, something I never look at.
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Wrote: Jan 8, 2010 at 12:06 am
I have a 98.943% accuracy with Akismet. 1417 spams caught! Wow! That’s like no comments in comparison to your number up there.
I sometimes peruse the spam and chuckle at the inane crap caught within. As far as SPAM in a can, I finally got rid of the last can when we moved to VA in 2002. For awhile there I swear it would just {poof} appear in the cabinet. Weird.
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Wrote: Jan 8, 2010 at 12:22 am
1,809 spams caught, 692 legitimate comments, and an overall accuracy rate of 99.600%. on exit78.
371,593 spam comments blocked on Daily Chronicles of the American Civil War… which is actually dormant — for now.
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Wrote: Jan 8, 2010 at 2:01 am
I didn’t know I could check it either! Thank you . Again. I’ve only had one but nice to know how to do this in the future. You are just a wealth of tidbits.
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Wrote: Jan 8, 2010 at 2:41 am
Hi Rose,
Thanks for bailing me out. Which post was the comment for?
The first thing I do every morning is check the spam folder. Occasionally, there will be a legitimate comment in there. However, what I’m discovering is that most spam comments for my blog are in Russian. I don’t get it.
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Rose DesRochers Reply:
January 8th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
I can’t recall what one now. lol
Most of my spam is porn.
Wrote: Jan 8, 2010 at 3:54 am
On the Times Union blog, it’s catching a lot of spam, mostly stuff in Russian (or at least using the Cyrillic alphabet). Or several like this:
Good Morning!!! blog.timesunion.com is one of the most outstanding informational websites of its kind. I enjoy reading it every day. blog.timesunion.com rocks!
I got 3 of those exactly like that recently.
They just reset a few months ago, and since then, 181 were caught as spam. One, though, just now was a legit comment from 12/24! Ouch.
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Wrote: Jan 8, 2010 at 12:19 pm
or in a Tree or in my house or in my mouth or in my blog.
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Wrote: Jan 8, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Hi Rose
I envy you your spam… guess it’s a sign that you are well known out there.
Akismet was the first plugin that I activated, probably because it comes bundled with wordpress and I had heard that it’s a must have plugin.
I notice that there is an upgrade for Akismet… will you be upgrading?
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Rose DesRochers Reply:
January 9th, 2010 at 12:56 am
Keith I’m using the latest version.
Wrote: Jan 9, 2010 at 2:42 am
@Rose DesRochers:
It could be worse. It could be non-porn spam. Lol!
Gordie´s last blog ..Old Tianjin Is Destroyed.
Wrote: Jan 9, 2010 at 3:54 am
@Rose DesRochers: Good enough for me Rose.
I’ll upgrade today, I’ve got a few plugins to upgrade.
Always get nervous when I upgrade plugins… fingers crossed!
BTW Can’t believe how fast your theme is.
When I hit submit comment… Bang! it’s on screen straight away.
Guess that’s the Cutline theme, always gets a good write up.
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Rose DesRochers Reply:
January 10th, 2010 at 12:03 am
I try to keep things on my sidebar down too. Slow loading pages drive me nuts.