Are Spammers Notified???
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If I spam someone, are they notified? I’m wondering what actually happens when I spam someone. I have a stalker and he keeps trying different email addresses to post. So far, I have trashed his comments but I’d like to spam them….I just don’t want him to be notified that I’ve spammed. Can someone please confirm this for me? I’d appreciate it!
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Thanks for your view on this. I’m hoping someone will be able to answer me 100% for sure though. I would like to know the exact procedure for this scenario.
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The logistics of notifying literally millions of spammers that they are spammers is a nightmare – and better to let the spammers not know really what happened to their junk
I will however flag this for the staff for help
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Don’t just “trash” the comments
Akismet learns what is spam when spam comments are marked as “spam.”
If you simply “trash” the comments, then you will continue to be moderating them. If you “spam” the comments, then Akismet will learn.
“Normal (vile)” spammers don’t know that their comments have been spammed—they are not notified.
But a stalker using different email addys could well see that their comments have not appeared on your site by looking to see if a comment was posted, then try a different email addy.
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It is illogical for Akismet to notify a spammer that he has been spammed.
A stalker could easily see that his comments have been moderated and are not posted.
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Yes but there is a different perception between being ignored vs spammed. But seems like I can go ahead and spam. Tnx for everyone’s help!
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Note that spammers and annoying commentators are not one in the same. Mark only spam as spam and send trash to trash so you do not corrupt the spam filter with misinformation.
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/01/24/mark-only-spam-as-spam/There is no such thing as eliminating all spam but Akismet works very well. For more information please take the time to read “5 things every blogger should know about spam” on this page Akismet: How it works http://akismet.com/how/
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Also note that you have complete control over everything that’s posted to your blog.
comment moderation
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation
See https://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/how-to-starve-a-troll -
OOPS! that last link should have been http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/how-to-starve-a-troll/
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@tt,
You meanThe answer is no.
to the question:
are spammers notified about being spammed.
That is correct.
Spammers are not notified that they have been “spammed.” -
Yes, sorry, I should have refreshed the page before posting.
Spammers and trolls do not need any sort of encouragement to keep sending messages and phishing to keep them posting.
My husband opened a traditional letter telling him to confirm our home address because we’d won a “free” android tablet (or something like that). Who in their right minds calls those numbers? So obvious that by responding: you can get tons more scamming trolling junk mail? Of course he was joking me that he’d called, but these things, spammers, don’t happen only online…
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Well, unfortunately, I think my father did. He had the beginnings of alzheimer’s disease for a long time. And I believe there are others: very young folks, people who are hoping for something better via luck or good karma to overcome a difficult situation, I don’t know… Oh, this is off topic.
This thread is marked for a staff response. So you will see a definite answer, officially. If you subscribe then you’ll be notified.But I’m quite sure, that you can safely spam your unwanted “friend.”
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Just adding a definitive answer as requested, the commenter is not notified when the comment is marked as spam. :)
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