spam attack – Akismet not working?

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    debutnovelist · Member ·

    Hi
    I have been blogging with WordPress for over 5 years and have found Akismet Spam protection quite adequate. In the last few weeks comments are appearing all the time which I have to send to Spam myself.(Akismet reports 14 missed spam in last few weeks)
    I would prefer not to moderate all comments.
    Does anyone else have this problem?
    Ali B

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    timethief · Member ·

    Know that 14 missed spam comments over the course of weeks is a very low number. 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. 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.

    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 comment

    You may not want to moderate comments but here’s a reality check. 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.

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    debutnovelist · Member ·

    thanks Timethief – have changed settings as you suggest.

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    timethief · Member ·

    You’re welcome and best wishes.

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