How to keep Akismet from blocking Comments
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Hello. I am having a problem with Akismet blocking comments left on my Blog. I just happened to catch one in the spam trap before it was deleted. Is there any way to keep the spam from automatically being deleted, so I can review it before hand?
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Go to http://latenitereads.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit-comments.php?comment_status=spam to review sequestered spam comments.
Know that the worst of all spam containing malware and viruses is not sent to use for review as opening it would bring down many blogs.
Be aware that over 80% of all so-called comments submitted to wordpress.COM blogs every day are spam and Akismet is very accurate.
Spam comes in waves. Spam can be posted by bots and there are also people who are paid to submit spam comments.
If you approve a single spam comment on a post the original spammer will hammer that post and will sell the URL to other spammers and phishers who will do the same. if you approve comments with links in them the spammers will do the same thing. If you set up anonymous commenting spammer will have a field day. And if you run giveaways your spam will become high in no time flat
Aksimet is a learning engine. 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. On the spam that Akismet catches on 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 30 days from the time they were received, and then it will delete the comment automatically.
There is no such thing as eliminating all spam but Akismet works very well. The worst kind of spam containing malware and viruses is not sent to use for approval as when opened it would bring down many blogs. Set up comment moderation, if you have not already done so, because allowing anonymous commenting on your blog is like putting out the welcome mat for spammers.
Read Five things every blogger should know about spam: Five things every blogger should know about spam
http://docs.akismet.com/general/spam-facts/This page > Settings > Discussion is where you set up defaults for comments. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/
I reduce spam by using this setting:
3. Automatically close comments on articles older than __ days – This setting can be used to have comments closed on articles that are X days old. As an example, if you only want articles to accept comments for 30 days you would check the box and type 30 into the text field. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#other-comment-settings
And I moderate comments too. 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 commentSee here for comment blacklisting http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-blacklist
Also, do not put IP addresses in the blacklist. IP addresses are no longer unique, and you might end up blocking legitimate visitors. In fact for over a decade only about 30% of us have IPs that trace back to any individual computer. Also, all they would have to do is go to a wi-fi hot spot, or connect via a different ISP and they could get around that.
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Hello, I was looking for an answer to similar question. Hope you don’t mind Diane
Sometimes the odd comment ends up in spam and I understand links etc. but I was wondering why a comment (actually done by the blogger twice because it didn’t display) ended up in spam both times. My site is https://hometogo232.wordpress.com/ and the comment that was posted was on this post from Freedomborn… Aussie Christian Focus. I found in in spam and marked it not spam but this particular blogger says this has happened before and she wondered if it was because of the length of comment. I can’t find any setting that has to do with length .. so was just wondering… Thanks -
oops sorry.. the post she made a comment on is
https://hometogo232.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/d-p-might-as-well-jump-or-not/ Diane -
Thank you so much for your comments. I appreciate your help. I appreciate knowing how to view the spam, as most are deleted without me being able to view. The one I caught today was benign.
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@slrfmriley
You’re welcome. Just to be clear there is no means of disabling Akismet on wordpress.COM hosted blogs. -
I can’t find any setting that has to do with length .. so was just wondering… Thanks
This has nothing to do with comment length.
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@writerwannabe763 – If you consistently find that his or her comments are being marked as spam, they may want to visit this page on Akismet http://akismet.com/contact/ If the contact form isn’t open, they can type “block” in the search bar and the form should open.
Then under “Please tell us more” they should tick I think Akismet is catching my comments by mistake and then fill out the rest using the email address under which they’ve posted their comment on your site.
Hope that helps.
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