I use a publicly accessible password, I don't even have to go as far as a captcha, it has stopped 100% of the spam, see for example http://ttc.org.nz/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WikiSandbox
edit the page to see how it works Simon 2009/4/29 Maria McKinley <[email protected]>: > Hello, > > I am having a very hard time controlling spam on my blog. I am using a > numerical access code and the blocklist stuff > > Here is the configuration for blocklist in config.php: > > ## Attempting to block spam > $EnableBlocklist = 10; > $EnableWhyBlocked = 1; > $BlocklistDownload["$SiteAdminGroup.Blocklist-PmWiki"] = array('format' => > 'pmwiki'); > $BlocklistDownloadRefresh = 86400 * 1; > $BlocklistActions['comment'] = 1; > > I made an assumption about the BlocklistDownloadRefresh rate, since it isn't > explicit in the documentation how to set it for anything but once a week. I > think that the above should make it download once a day, but not sure. > > I am also using urlapprove.php, which successfully blocks the the urls from > being linked, but doesn't stop the page from being saved if there are more > than 5 unapproved urls. I think fixing this alone may be enough for me. > > Does the captcha work better than the access code? Maybe I should switch to > that? In general I find the captcha stuff annoying, but if I have to do it, > it is better than checking my blog constantly to delete unwanted comments. > > Any ideas would be most welcome, as this is such an annoying problem. > > cheers, > maria > > _______________________________________________ > pmwiki-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users > > -- ____ http://kiwiwiki.co.nz _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
