Spam is getting through

livingjourney · Member · Jul 2, 2006 at 2:10 am
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Yep, just thought I would ask everyone else if they are getting spam, it is not getting cought by Akismet.

Ok, another feedback I guess.

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vivianpaige · Member · Jul 2, 2006 at 2:46 am
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Yes, I’m seeing quite a bit tonight.
jtintle · Member · Jul 2, 2006 at 3:01 am
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mark it as spam so Akismet can catch it later
uberfusion · Member · Jul 2, 2006 at 5:02 am
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Yep. They seem to be increasing daily.
timethief · Member · Jul 2, 2006 at 5:25 am
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Saturday night where I live which may be Sunday where you live is always a big spam night. In fact from what I can tell spammers seem to intensify their assaults on weekends. You can delete the spam yourself or leave it there and in 15 days it will be “purged”.
nosysnoop · Member · Jul 2, 2006 at 7:07 am
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i think this week I also got porn and penis pump stuff. lol
podz · Member · Jul 2, 2006 at 7:20 am
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http://akismet.com/stats
There’s a lot of it about.

Keep marking it.
livingjourney · Member · Jul 2, 2006 at 10:56 am
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Yeah I mark it as spam when I get it…

Question: what is ham?

I know I sound ignorant! :)

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podz · Member · Jul 2, 2006 at 11:10 am
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Ham is the good stuff – the real comments.

I have no idea why it’s called ham though – seems confusing to me.
bloggenbent · Member · Jul 2, 2006 at 12:39 pm
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I hate doing it, but I’m getting a lot of spam, so I’ve changed the filter. Anyone comment that has a link in the post is held back for moderation.
ninglun · Member · Jul 2, 2006 at 10:23 pm
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There seems to be a new type of spam, always with a fake Yahoo email address and incorporating a state of the US in the linked blog site. Many of these seem to get by Akismet, as they never use any of the words which might trigger a filter. Reluctantly I have put moderation on all my comments.
vivianpaige · Member · Jul 3, 2006 at 1:53 am
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Akismet is catching those now – at least on my blog. The more we mark them as spam, the better it works. They were getting thru last night.
achickenineverygrannycart · Member · Jul 3, 2006 at 2:19 pm
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ham is called ham, b/c spam is a bad approximation of ham, therefore, what you want to eat, and what you want to get on your blog is ham
spam is good for no one ;-)
drmike · Member · Jul 3, 2006 at 3:23 pm
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You can blog about it too. :)
nosysnoop · Member · Jul 21, 2006 at 10:29 am
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For the first time, spam got through as a regular comment. It was for swingers sex. The IP number is 69.156.67.133.
engtech · Member · Jul 21, 2006 at 2:38 pm
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Yeah, I saw some spam get through from the @hotmails.com guy, which was surprising since he’s the biggest offender and he hasn’t changed anything about his strategy (other than maybe his IP).
shirleybuxton · Member · Jul 21, 2006 at 3:04 pm
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On my site, if I designate a post as spam, and thus it is removed, is that enough notification, or should I notify someone else? I had a fair amount of spam through the night, which I have deleted.
drmike · Member · Jul 21, 2006 at 4:50 pm
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Writenow, make it as spam and then delete it from the Akismet page. A report to Akismet is made when you mark it as spam though.

The 69.156.67.133 address is assigned to an internet company called Sympatico out of Canada. They’re known for looking the other way when it concerns spammers.
trancefixed · Member · Jul 21, 2006 at 8:21 pm
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I had some spam get through for the 1st time today aswell. I was quite surprised it wasn’t caught since it was:

nzdsdodb | rawxjhue.com | IP: 219.93.211.74

lodofxhnhg…

lzdiwqfkxe wlcwzzpb mlauqveho…

which is kinda obvious.
timethief · Member · Jul 21, 2006 at 9:40 pm
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Ahh yes and which part is it again that makes it obviously spam?

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