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Spam Flying Right By
October 3, 2007
4:16 pm
Patrick D.
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Here's the problem. This thing had been working great for a couple months. But since I upgraded to WP 2.3 and upgraded the plugin, nothing seems to be stopping. Spam is flying right into the moderation queue and clogging my inbox. Any ideas?

I changed the default words twice in the last week and still no change. Your help is greatly appreciated. The blog is at http://www.patricksays.net.

October 3, 2007
4:44 pm
Peter
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Is it trackback or pingback spam? This plugin doesn't address those kinds of spam. Otherwise, maybe some spambot simply cracked the plugin. That would be a sad day indeed.

October 3, 2007
4:47 pm
Patrick D.
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Peter said:

Is it trackback or pingback spam? This plugin doesn’t address those kinds of spam. Otherwise, maybe some spambot simply cracked the plugin. That would be a sad day indeed.


How would I know the difference between the three? Is there an easy way to tell? (By the way, Askimet is shooting it into mod queue as well instead of the spam folder when it's clearly spam from the words.)

October 3, 2007
4:55 pm
Peter
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Do you get e-mailed whenever there's a comment? The subject would then say "Comment:" or "Pingback:" or "Trackback:". Although it sounds like there's something funky going on with your blog.

October 3, 2007
4:59 pm
Patrick D.
Guest

They always say 'comment' on them. Something is going on. My blog was locked tight using just your plugin. I upgraded to WP 2.3 and the blog was 'unprotected' for two hours while doing the upgrade. When I finished, I had 30 spams awaiting moderation. I re-enabled plugins and stopped little if anything.

October 3, 2007
5:05 pm
Peter
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Odd. Yeah, I run WordPress 2.3 and have had no problems. Maybe it's a different plugin that conflicts? I'm clueless here...