[ubuntu-uk] Spam

[Chris Rowson]

On Nov 13, 2007 1:09 PM, Dougie Richardson <ddrichardson at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A little off topic I know, but has anyone any experience of dealing with
> spamming blogs?
>
> I've used a plugin that requires the user to carry out a simple maths
> sum before posting a comment, in Wordpress. However it would appear that
> this has been cracked because over the last week the number of spams
> getting through to my moderation queue is averaging fifty per day.
>
> It's obviously targeted as well, as the only part of the site being hit
> is in relation to Meniere's Disease and all the spam is for a drug which
> is supposed to be for this condition, except it doesn't work - hence why
> people aren't prescribed it.
>
> So there we go - any ideas for the best way to defend? Captcha is mostly
> commercial or inoperative with Wordpress 2.3, I want to allow comments.
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Dougie Richardson                         //         dougie at lynxworks.eu

Hi Dougie,

I use the akismet plugin on my blog @ http://www.justuber.com/blog/

It's pretty good, and doesn't require captcha.

Chris