Comments on: Getting Beyond a Joke..

By: dt

dt — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 05:34:30 +0000

hmm why not create php script which creates sessions for people viewing the comments and creates a special hidden form element for that session then when they submit their comment check it?
Im sure that would be hard for the spam bots to forge (hard but not inpossible though…..)

By: Chris Boulton

Chris Boulton — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 05:17:14 +0000

I took a long look at it and weighed up using it over Spam Karma or something similar. To me the thought of user-agent detection to block spambot’s, whilst may work, also has it’s own limitations - especially since user-agents can be easily forged. Also with that, what happens when a newer browser is released or something in someone’s user-agent is detected as being invalid and their blocked?

Anyway, I would use it, but I find Spam Karma has been very effective for me so far, especially since it sends out summary emails and such - which make managing spam easier too, and the fact all comments get caught in the spam queue which I can just clear.

That’s just my opinion though..

By: Kates

Kates — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 04:05:57 +0000

Did you try using Bad Behaviour plugin?

By: Dane Smith

Dane Smith — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:09:46 +0000

Wow, i’d get that Admin Theme if my stupid IE6 accepted CSS2…but it doesnt, so yeah, I’d just see the regular thing unless I switched to firefox, which i’m still unwilling to do for now.

Good thing the plugin is working, Chris. My blog got 1 spam message today…Who would guess my blogs URL though :p?

By: Chris Boulton

Chris Boulton — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:46:45 +0000

Dane, it’s just blog spam - everyone gets it.

Peter, lastnight I installed the Spam Karma plugin for WP 1.5 (The one which will send comments to the spam section not delete them). As luck would totally have it, the spamming has stopped.. for now..

That’s the WP Admin theme too, by the talented Steve Smith. It’s amazing to see that it is all accomplished with CSS..

By: Dane Smith

Dane Smith — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:20:20 +0000

That sucks Chris….Why would someone send Zombie PCs after your blog?

By: Peter Akkies

Peter Akkies — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 19:46:18 +0000

Never mind… found it:

http://orderedlist.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-tiger-administration/

You should try out all the tools in the Wordpress wiki:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Comment_Spam

By: Peter Akkies

Peter Akkies — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:45:23 +0000

Offtopic: where the hell did you get that admin theme? :O