Spam comments OK?

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  oneequalstwo · Member · Jan 23, 2012 at 8:08 pm

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  Hi there. I’ve had a few comments go to the spam folder. Some (from strangers) actually appear to be relevant/OK. How does the WP software decide what is Spam? Is there any harm in me approving comments WP allocates to the Spam folder? A couple of comments end in quotations; ie: “I like this blog very much so much excellent information. “Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.” by Lewis Mumford.” Is this an indicator of Spam? Many thanks!

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  mark · Member · Jan 23, 2012 at 8:11 pm

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  It really is spam

  Eliminating spam is good SEO

  Concrete cloverleaf? If that isn’t spam them I’m a banana.

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  mark · Member · Jan 23, 2012 at 8:13 pm

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  And http://akismet.com/how/#gs1

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  oneequalstwo · Member · Jan 23, 2012 at 8:19 pm

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  Thanks Mark. I’m new to this. *blush* Just checked some of the links to URLs within the comments – nasty stuff! Such a bummer. I thought I had new fans : (

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jan 24, 2012 at 2:28 am

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  @oneequalstwo: Akismet is a great feature. To give you an idea: in my main blog, Akismet has caught around 43,000 comments so far; of all these comments, only five weren’t actually spam.

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  oneequalstwo · Member · Jan 24, 2012 at 2:30 am

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  Incredible! Thanks guys.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jan 24, 2012 at 2:38 am

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  You’re welcome. And Mark is no banana!