Comments on: Wordpress Comment Plugins: Building A Fortress To Defend Against Spam! http://mustech.net/2007/03/28/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam *** A Symphony of Music Education, and Technology! Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:51:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sam http://mustech.net/2007/03/28/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam#comment-199 Sam Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:15:52 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/03/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam/#comment-199 i also hate spam but we cant get rid of it easy. they found always a new way to go through security programs. Anyway, thanks for the article. i also hate spam but we cant get rid of it easy. they found always a new way to go through security programs. Anyway, thanks for the article.

]]> By: david http://mustech.net/2007/03/28/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam#comment-201 david Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:51:47 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/03/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam/#comment-201 great article. this will come in handy against spammers in wordpress. thanks a lot! great article. this will come in handy against spammers in wordpress. thanks a lot!

]]> By: Joseph Pisano http://mustech.net/2007/03/28/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam#comment-197 Joseph Pisano Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:29:49 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/03/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam/#comment-197 Dan, Hey, pretty funny! I haven't looked at this thread for a while. I'll check it! J. Pisano Dan,

Hey, pretty funny! I haven’t looked at this thread for a while. I’ll check it!

J. Pisano

]]> By: dan http://mustech.net/2007/03/28/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam#comment-196 dan Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:32:37 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/03/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam/#comment-196 What about the spam in comment #8 above? Seems more work is needed. What about the spam in comment #8 above?

Seems more work is needed.

]]> By: Wordpress Quickstart Guy http://mustech.net/2007/03/28/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam#comment-200 Wordpress Quickstart Guy Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:43:03 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/03/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam/#comment-200 great to see there is such a plugin to help people on wordpress guard against spam. Great article. great to see there is such a plugin to help people on wordpress guard against spam. Great article.

]]> By: Web Hosting Reviews http://mustech.net/2007/03/28/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam#comment-198 Web Hosting Reviews Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:05:44 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/03/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam/#comment-198 i hate spam i hate spam

]]> By: F. Thomas http://mustech.net/2007/03/28/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam#comment-195 F. Thomas Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:39:05 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/03/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam/#comment-195 Hello, I think it was a good article. I don't have too much of a problem with the "captcha" stuff. It doesn't bother me. Frank :shock: Hello,

I think it was a good article. I don’t have too much of a problem with the “captcha” stuff. It doesn’t bother me.

Frank :shock:

]]> By: Joseph Pisano http://mustech.net/2007/03/28/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam#comment-190 Joseph Pisano Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:53:00 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/03/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam/#comment-190 I've gotten a lot of PMs and feedback about this from Wordpress.com now an article from Lorelle about this. After reading her response on her site to my questions, I may have to think about the Captcha type plugins a little more. Perhaps, the best method for bloggers may be Spam Karma, Akismet and Bad Behavior. I'm still thinking... Have any of you had a good experience with HASHCASH? Joe I’ve gotten a lot of PMs and feedback about this from Wordpress.com now an article from Lorelle about this. After reading her response on her site to my questions, I may have to think about the Captcha type plugins a little more.

Perhaps, the best method for bloggers may be Spam Karma, Akismet and Bad Behavior. I’m still thinking… Have any of you had a good experience with HASHCASH?

Joe

]]> By: Lorelle http://mustech.net/2007/03/28/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam#comment-191 Lorelle Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:21:26 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/03/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam/#comment-191 Jess, you should be. CAPTCHAS don't work and they also tend to tick off users. I'm looking at one on this blog that I can barely figure out what the letters are right now. It's kinda like gambling. I don't know if this will work when I hit the submit button. Based on years of experience with these, most of the time they don't work and I have to try again or give up. Painful. With the growing sophistication of comment spam bots, and the growing number of hired human comment spammers out there, these are easily overcome. CAPTCHAs are not a defense but a nuisance. The rest of the arsenal in the article is great, and Spam Karma can add a great third line of defense, picking up what Akismet and Bad Behavior miss and acting as a backstop. Jess, you should be. CAPTCHAS don’t work and they also tend to tick off users. I’m looking at one on this blog that I can barely figure out what the letters are right now.

It’s kinda like gambling. I don’t know if this will work when I hit the submit button. Based on years of experience with these, most of the time they don’t work and I have to try again or give up. Painful.

With the growing sophistication of comment spam bots, and the growing number of hired human comment spammers out there, these are easily overcome. CAPTCHAs are not a defense but a nuisance.

The rest of the arsenal in the article is great, and Spam Karma can add a great third line of defense, picking up what Akismet and Bad Behavior miss and acting as a backstop.

]]> By: Joseph Pisano http://mustech.net/2007/03/28/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam#comment-192 Joseph Pisano Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:07:18 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/03/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam/#comment-192 Hello all, So I did a "boo-boo". I non-malicously posted in the wordpress.com forum about this article and some of the people there thought it was SPAM! Now, I've got a good rapport with etiquette and try not to do wrong-things on purpose... So if you're here because your mad I posted this in a "wrong place". I,truly and humbly apologize! :oops: This brings up a whole new thing called Human Spammers. Lorelle, as always has written a great post that talks a little about them. You can see it here: http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/akismet-all-our-comment-spam-fighting-eggs-in-one-basket/ ~J. Pisano Hello all,

So I did a “boo-boo”. I non-malicously posted in the wordpress.com forum about this article and some of the people there thought it was SPAM! Now, I’ve got a good rapport with etiquette and try not to do wrong-things on purpose… So if you’re here because your mad I posted this in a “wrong place”. I,truly and humbly apologize! :oops:
This brings up a whole new thing called Human Spammers. Lorelle, as always has written a great post that talks a little about them. You can see it here:

http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/akismet-all-our-comment-spam-fighting-eggs-in-one-basket/

~J. Pisano

]]> By: Jess Wington http://mustech.net/2007/03/28/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam#comment-193 Jess Wington Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:50:16 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/03/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam/#comment-193 Good article well done, I am still up in the air about Captchas though... Your presentation was great. ~Jess Good article well done,

I am still up in the air about Captchas though… Your presentation was great.

~Jess

]]> By: JetShack http://mustech.net/2007/03/28/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam#comment-194 JetShack Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:33:54 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/03/wordpress-comment-plugins-building-a-fortress-to-defend-against-spam/#comment-194 Great article. Great article.

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