Why are Spam Comments suddenly Getting through?

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  carolynsshadegardens · Member · Apr 22, 2013 at 11:04 pm

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  After 2 1/2 years with WordPress, I am suddenly getting spam comments that are being processed as pending comments. this is happening every day. What is going on?

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  amightywp · Member · Apr 23, 2013 at 8:17 pm

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  Hi there,

  Our anti-spam programming through Akismet is always learning and adapting to new spam attacks, however sometimes spam can get through before Akismet has had a chance to adjust.

  If you could please make sure that you are marking any spam comments as spam, it will help our system learn from these new vectors and should reduce and even stop the new spammers.

  Thank you!

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  carolynsshadegardens · Member · Apr 23, 2013 at 8:32 pm

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  Thanks for your very clear explanation. I mark each one as spam but they are coming in every day.