On Nov 13, 2007 1:09 PM, Dougie Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > A little off topic I know, but has anyone any experience of dealing with > spamming blogs? > > I've used a plugin that requires the user to carry out a simple maths > sum before posting a comment, in Wordpress. However it would appear that > this has been cracked because over the last week the number of spams > getting through to my moderation queue is averaging fifty per day. > > It's obviously targeted as well, as the only part of the site being hit > is in relation to Meniere's Disease and all the spam is for a drug which > is supposed to be for this condition, except it doesn't work - hence why > people aren't prescribed it. > > So there we go - any ideas for the best way to defend? Captcha is mostly > commercial or inoperative with Wordpress 2.3, I want to allow comments. > > Cheers > > -- > Dougie Richardson // [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Dougie, I use the akismet plugin on my blog @ http://www.justuber.com/blog/ It's pretty good, and doesn't require captcha. Chris -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
