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By: LexBlog Blog

LexBlog Blog — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 05:29:11 +0000

Comment spam solved by Akismet?

I’ve been getting slammed by comment spam the last week. We’re doing some work across the LexBlog network to alleviate the issue for our clients. So I had a keen interest when I ran across word from the Blog Herald…

By: Judi Sohn

Judi Sohn — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:57:05 +0000

I installed it on my MT blog a few days ago. SpamLookup works well, but when it misses something it really misses…I’d get the same or similar comments emailed to me for moderation, over and over again. Some were very tough to find enough of a “hook” to manually enter into SpamLookup’s settings to get the spam blocked instead of moderated.

So far, Akismet seems to be doing its job. I’ve had 2 comment spams to moderate, but they were unique. It seems that it really does “learn” and I’m not getting the same false-negatives over and over again.

I’m giving it a few more days before I install on the other 4 MT blogs I’m currently supporting, but right now I see no reason not to. It’s a keeper.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:22:11 +0000

Cary: Akismet learns as it goes and not only from you, from everyone using it… so as an anti-spam solution goes, I’d think it’s evolutionary nature is one of the most attractive aspects of it.

By: Cary

Cary — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:16:14 +0000

Good write-up :) How about pros & cons between Akismet and Spam Karma 2? I use SK2, and it has been a real life saver… in fact, it’s hard for me to imagine it working any better than it does.

Does Akismet have some extra bells and whistles?

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:00:33 +0000

Ummmm… e, can you explain to me what you mean by this? “WP sites crash with an infux of traffic, they require more CPU power.”

That is such a general statement that has absolutely no supporting evidence unless you want to provide some.

By: e

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:36:53 +0000

As an MT user i have NEVER had a problem with spam. Am i alone here? Does anyone else here use MT? I have used both WP and MT and my vote is definitly on MT. WP sites crash with an infux of traffic, they require more CPU power.

Has anyone else used both?

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:41:54 +0000

I use Akismet on one of my wordpress blogs and it is quiet simply.. AMAZING. It one on of the reasons I moved to wordpress from b2evo.
So far it has corectly stopped 885 spam comments in the 2-3months of running it, it has only let through about 2 spams.
Im sure MT users will love this.

By: Neil Crespi

Neil Crespi — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:43:18 +0000

Wow, this is very nice. I haven’t used Akismet yet, but with these features, I think I would be grabbing one right away. Thanx.

By: e

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:00:57 +0000

I have a fairly high traffic MT blog (3.2) and it does a very good job of catching spam out of the box. Maybe once a month a spam comment slips through and they are easy to catch. Also, setting the spam filter back a notch to catch that one would have little recourse to real visitors. MT 3.2 handles spam very well, I dont see the need of spending $5 per month for this service.

How about you other MT users? I would be interested to know if MT filters work just as well for you.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:07:59 +0000

Arvind, I stand corrected… Sorry about that.

By: Arvind Satyanarayan

Arvind Satyanarayan — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:01:19 +0000

Scot Hacker was the guy who ported Akismet to Movable Type

The official Akismet for Movable Type plugin was written by Tim Appnel of http://www.appnel.com/

As a fellow super secret beta tester, I found that Akismet for MT is doing a great job managing to junk almost all spam comments. However from time to time I do receive an incorrectly scored (through Movable Type 3.2’s junk filtering mechanism) comment. However the plugin seems to report back to the mother ship once the comment is correctly marked as junk (or not).

Movable Type 3.2 also has a junk log that contains reasons that a comment may have been junked. With Akismet, you only ever see ‘Akismet said spam’ or ‘Akismet said ham’ which I find is the only drawback of the plugin so far…