How do you disable Akisnet
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I checked and found that Akisnet blocked comments from readers of my blog as ‘spam’. The problem is that the comments were not spam, I welcome my readers comments. I would like to turn off Akisnet or at least manage it so it doesn’t block comments from my readers, but not sure how to do that.
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Akismet is generally very good about recognizing spam and will put spam in the spam folder. It cannot be disabled.
Here are some resources that you will want to read to educate yourself to recognize those spam comments:
5 things every blogger should know about spam: https://docs.akismet.com/general/spam-facts/
https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/the-secret-recipe-of-comment-spam-comments/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/unwanted-comments/Be forewarned that approving spam comments will beget lots more spam comments.
If your legitimate commenters are regularly being marked as spam, they will want to visit https://akismet.com/contact/ and fill out the form there using the email address associated with their WordPressdotcom account.
Let us know if you have any other question about this.
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You’re welcome. Do come back if you have any questions after reading those support docs.
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