How do I know what you call spam is actully spam?
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I see you’ve rejected 7 spam comments from my blog in the past month but I’ve not seen them, so how do I know they are spam and not legitimate comments?
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Hi there,
Could you please let me know where exactly you see that 7 comments were rejected as spam?
Some spam is automatically filtered by our intelligent anti-spam engine, Akismet, while other spam (stuff that Akismet thinks is spam, but is less certain about) will appear on the Comments -> Spam page in your dashboard.
Don’t hesitate to contact us again if you need anymore help. :-)
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Thanks for replying. They’re under Askimet site stats… it says ” 7 total spam ” then shows a block graph with green blocks, then under that, it says I had 5 in 2012-3, and 2 in 2012-2, but the 7 isn’t clickable.
It concerns me because no spam detection is 100% accurate (my email sometimes puts genuine emails into my spam folder).
If they’re not accessible, can I turn Akismet off? I get an email notification for each comment on my blog and check my email every day so I can easily reject any comment that is spammy.
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The count is actually correct overall. Spam is automatically deleted from the Spam section if it matches spam comments reported by several users, or a comment that you have already reported as spam.
There is no way to deactivate Akismet on a WordPress.com blog.
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