How to change the spam section

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    joshuaguy51 · Member ·

    Hi There

    I am just wondering why I can not access the spam comments. I have 17 spam comments hidden and I would like to be able to see the comments I am getting. I get to see comments sometimes from people that are fake that post things that do not affect me, like getting viewers. I have tryed changing the spam settings nothings working

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    timethief · Member ·

    You cannot change any spam settings just to be clear on that.
    Your accessible spam is here > http://joshguys51thoughts.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit-comments.php?comment_status=spam

    The worst of all spam containing malware and viruses is not sent to us. It’s removed as it could bring down many blogs if opened.

    Akismet is very accurate so trust Akismet. Set up comment moderation if you have not already done so because allowing anonymous commenting is like putting out the welcome mat for spammers.

    This page > Settings > Discussion is where you set up defaults for comments. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

    Comment moderation http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation

    Discussion Settings
    Other comment settings
    _Comment author must fill out name and e-mail
    _Users must be registered and logged in to comment

    The vast and overwhelming majority of all so-called information on the internet is spam. Over 80% of all so-called comments submitted to .wordpress.com blogs every day are spam. Spam comes in waves. There are human beings who get paid to post spam. There are robotic programs that post spam.

    On the spam that Akismet catches it takes only seconds to click “empty spam” and you don’t even have to click “empty spam” if you don’t want to. Akismet will maintain comments it has caught for 15 days from the time they were received, and then it will delete the comment automatically.

    If you get spam that slips by Akismet then mark it as spam (do not delete it) and over time Akismet will learn it’s 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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    auxclass · Member ·

    there is a setting in the area @TT has above that is “Akismet should not discard spam” – since my site gets a modest 90 spam a day – I tried that setting for a short time – looking at all the spam sucks and did not educate me at all and I turned it off –

    I get maybe one legal comment per 5,000++ page views – looking at a lot of spam did no good –

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