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New spam-blocking software!

Posted by Ampersand | July 20th, 2009

There’s been a change in how we’re blocking spam — In an attempt to address the “false positives” problem, I’ve switched “Alas” from Akismet to Spam Karma. Hopefully it will now be possible for people to post links in their comments!

As always, if you run into problems or think a comment has been spam-blocked, please contact us right away so we can rescue your comment. Also, I believe Spam Karma has a “whitelist” option, so if regular commenters find their comments being blocked we’ll be able to fix that. (I hope).

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6 Responses to “New spam-blocking software!”

  1. Robert Writes:
    July 20th, 2009 at 11:51 am

    Would you like to learn to play video poker while using The Secret to enhance your penis size?

    If you can read this comment, your filter isn’t very good.

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  2. Ampersand Writes:
    July 20th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

    Actually, that it showed your comment despite the keywords shows that the filter might be very good indeed. Or that it’s not working at all. One or the other.

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  3. PG Writes:
    July 20th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    Could it be interfering with your right sidebar’s ability to display new comments?

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  4. Jake Squid Writes:
    July 20th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

    Could it be interfering with your right sidebar’s ability to display new comments?

    Yeah. But far outweighing that is that I’m now allowed to put links into comments & not have them caught by the spam filter.

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  5. Holly Writes:
    July 25th, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    I switched from Akismet quite some time ago because of pretty much the same reasons. I kept getting spam comments constantly and I’d spend a good hour a day going through and getting rid of bad comments and then see a whole mess of good comments that were quarantined. I switched to Defensio for my spam protection and have yet to change to anything else because I like it so much. Just another suggestion if Spam Karma doesn’t work out.

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  6. FurryCatHerder Writes:
    July 25th, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    It would be nice if keyword based SPAM filters gave some kind of feedback. I had a post here go into the SPAM bucket for no reason I could tell. No mention of low rate home mortgage loan refinancing, make money fast, or penis enlargement.

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