I eased off on the spam controls this morning because a couple of people emailed that the control prevented them from commenting on posts. Lo and behold, I immediately got five spam comments. So, the block is back. I’ll try a different approach if I get a chance to install it today.
****UPDATE****
This whole comment spam issue is problematic because it causes some consternation for me and some of my readers. Both of my email addresses which I used for notification of new comments have either shut down or now block anything coming from the site due to overloads. That is frustrating because I depended on the notification to let me know when a new comment was posted, especially for comments on posts which have moved down the list on my page. I enjoy reading comments, and respond any time I think someone expects it based on their comment. But I’m sure some of you think I’m ignoring you and your opinion. Trust me, I don’t ignore your opinions. And I enjoy the back and forth, even if some days I’m too busy to respond.
Let’s face it. None of us has all the answers. But together we can come up with most of them! All I can do is ask for your patience.
****UPDATE 2****
I deactivated the spam blocker that was giving people problems and added one which requires entering a code. I must warn you that sometimes the code is difficult to read. If you have doubts, copy your comment and see that it goes through before discarding it just so you won’t have to retype, or simply give up thoughts of commenting.
If this is an annoyance, let me know.
Bunker – This comment got through ok…
Barb
Comment by Barb — January 19, 2005 @ 8:15 am
Interesting… I turned it off, then turned it back on, and nothing more.
Comment by Bunker — January 19, 2005 @ 8:16 am
What looks like the best/most effective and least intrusive technology is the number coded entry that is required before one can leave a comment ala Tim Blair and now Slatts. Don’t know whose system that is….but looks like it works.
Comment by Wallace-Midland Texas — January 19, 2005 @ 10:04 am
Comment Spam is pure evil… it’s so evil I’m almost positive it has been supported by George Bush so as to further limit free speech in the name of the War on Terror.
;+)
Comment Spam sucks.. WordPress seems to have a good handle on moderating it for me, but I still constantly worry that people are being denied the ability to post a comment on my blog.
Comment by Chris — January 19, 2005 @ 11:23 am
There’s a system for WordPress I may install when I get home that requires using a number, as Wallace mentioned. Thus far I’ve not had any problems except that a few people have received a “No Spammers Allowed” message when they tried to post a comment. Other than that, what I have in place seems to be doing the job.
All I can say is that if you write a long response, copy it before trying to post as you may need to retry.
Comment by Bunker — January 19, 2005 @ 11:38 am
Let’s see if this one let’s me comment from work 😉
Comment by Barb — January 20, 2005 @ 7:39 pm
This seems to work great. I have a friend who is having the same problem. Could you share where you found this? I’d like to try to set up something like this for her…
Comment by Army wife — January 21, 2005 @ 6:12 pm
TrencaSpammers
Comment by Bunker — January 21, 2005 @ 6:19 pm
Thank you!
Comment by Army wife — January 22, 2005 @ 12:44 pm