I looked at CFAkismet and it seems pretty cool. I can't say enough good about Akismet, it's just plain awesome. Personally, I use my own project called CFFormProtect (http://cfformprotect.riaforge.org), which also has Akismet integration. The difference my project offers is that it does a few other tests as well, to validate the message before it is posted. Things like checking of the user moved their mouse, if they typed on their keyboard, and a couple of others. I have had a minor amount of spam comments get captured by my other tests, where Akismet didn't flag it as spam. But those are few and far between.
Anyway, above all, check out CFAkismet, CFFormProtect, or write your own Akismet interface (it's not very hard). The big draw for me with all of these options is that your users don't have to do anything additional to 'prove' they're human when they submit your forms. With things like Akismet and CFFormProtect, the burden of proof is placed on the spammer, to demonstrate that they aren't a spam bot. And they usually aren't able to do that. This also removes the problems that CAPTCHA presents for accessibility. On 2/16/07, Mike Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Spam bots are starting to annoy me. They're getting to the point > where they're like flies - bloody persistent and while hot stopping my > activity, they're taking up too much of my time. I've been watching > the discussion here and trying some of the things discussed, but on > another list unrelated to coldfusion, someone bragged that since using > AKismet: > > [quote] > I have yet to have legitimate spam hit my site (and have had to rescue > only one false positive), I delete two to five spam emails a day (and > rescue about one false positive a month), and have never had a virus. > That seems like a fine ration to me. > [/quote] > > So that got my attention, and I started looking into it. And i found > there's a CFC available called CFAkismet. > > So i wondered if anyone had used it and had any kind of success with it? > > > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:270041 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
