Checking spam

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  hopeeternal · Member · Apr 17, 2007 at 11:04 pm

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  1. Is there any way I can check out the 6 supposedly Spam comments that I’m being told Akismet has caught. 2. How can I ensure that all comments from friends reach me?
  I have a friend (who blogs with another site, Wiblog) who has posted comment twice but neither has come through. Another friend (with a WordPress blog) posted a trial comment which reached me fine. I have no other comments showing up, which may mean that they are all Spam – but I would like to check and see. Help appreciated – thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Apr 17, 2007 at 11:06 pm

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  Help is always close at hand when you use the forum search box. There you will find the answer to your questions.

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  drmike · Member · Apr 17, 2007 at 11:24 pm

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  Dashboard -> Comments -> Akismet.

  TT, even I couldn’t have found that by searching.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 17, 2007 at 11:35 pm

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  I apologize. :(

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  drmike · Member · Apr 17, 2007 at 11:36 pm

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  Not a problem. Right idea but wrong thread.

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  hopeeternal · Member · Apr 17, 2007 at 11:54 pm

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  Sorry, still confused. Did try the search boxes – Forum and FAQ but did not find what I was looking for.

  drmike: If Dashboard -> Comments -> Akismet is a suggestion to try the only message I have (under the heading Akisment Spam) is:
  Akismet has caught 6 spam for you since you first installed it. You have no spam currently in the queue. Must be your lucky day. :)

  I checked almost daily but the figures under Awaiting Moderation and Akisment Spam have always been 0. I dont want Spam – but it would be good to know where I can see what has been caught in case it isnt!

  Are you saying I am on the wrong thread? Assumed that ‘support’ was the right place.

  Please – I am not a computer genius so simple answers! (and sorry if I have missed the obvious solution – I am fairly new round here. Thanks

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  raincoaster · Member · Apr 18, 2007 at 12:00 am

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  Strange. We used to have a problem where Akismet wasn’t showing the spam, but I thought it had been fixed. It will not show any spam on posts more than 30 days old, though. But if I were you I’d send a feedback, since you’re new and don’t have any posts that old.

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  hopeeternal · Member · Apr 18, 2007 at 12:02 am

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  Thanks Raincoaster. May well send Feedback as you suggest, but worth waiting here just a little longer just in case someone comes up with the answer for me.

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  drmike · Member · Apr 18, 2007 at 12:20 am

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  It may have been earlier on as well. The spam queue gets emptied automattically every so often if you ignore it.

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  hopeeternal · Member · Apr 18, 2007 at 12:34 am

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  …but I wasnt aware I had any spam to have been deleted. The counter has always shown 0.

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  hunterseeker · Member · May 23, 2007 at 8:55 am

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  If you are worried your not getting spam don’t worry there will be plenty soon enough! If Akismet only caught 6 your’s must be a new account.

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  fatfu · Member · May 23, 2007 at 9:20 pm

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  I have the same problem. The Akismet counter goes steadily up (30 so far) but only a few show up in the Akismet queue (like 5 so far). And today I tried to mark a legitimate post that did show up in the queue as not-spam and Akismet just happily ate it, so now it’s completely unrecoverable.

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  timethief · Member · May 23, 2007 at 10:42 pm

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  Here’s where to report your problem http://akismet.com/contact/

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  drmike · Member · May 23, 2007 at 11:33 pm

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  With it completely gone, I don’t think anything can be done now though.