Why can't Akismet kill (email visible only to moderators and staff) ?

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  dugganpubs · Member · Oct 17, 2012 at 11:08 pm

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  Can’t WordPress’s spam control get rid of this evil spammer? (email visible only to moderators and staff)

  They’ve been leaving 40 or more spam comments per day in my spam folder and I have to delete them all. What is Akismet for if it doesn’t catch these obvious spams?
  Blog url: http://dugganpubs.wordpress.com/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 17, 2012 at 11:09 pm

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  If they’re winding up in your spam folder, Akismet is already catching them.

  You don’t need to delete them from the spam folder, it’s emptied automatically every 15 days.

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  anthonymcgrath405 · Member · Oct 18, 2012 at 3:02 pm

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  I hope you can help me I recently swapped my blog from WordPress.com to .org (Clothes-make-the-man.com) and since the weekend I’m being plagued by spam, I really do mean plagued this wasn’t a problem on .com but it is a nightmare on .org can you help please.

  A.M

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  anthonymcgrath405 · Member · Oct 18, 2012 at 3:02 pm

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  I hope you can help me I recently swapped my blog from WordPress.com to .org (Clothes-make-the-man.com) and since the weekend I’m being plagued by spam, I really do mean plagued this wasn’t a problem on .com but it is a nightmare on .org can you help please.

  A.M

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 18, 2012 at 3:07 pm

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  @anthonymcgrath405

  You need to enable Akismet on your blog

  The site you are asking about does not seem to be hosted on WordPress.COM so you need to make friends over at WordPress.ORG the keepers of the software you are using.

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/7-things-to-know-before-posting-in-wordpresscom-forums?replies=1

  This site is for support of sites hosted on WordPress.COM. You should address your questions to WordPress.ORG the keepers of the software you are using: http://wordpress.org/support/

  For more on the difference: http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  timethief · Member · Oct 18, 2012 at 3:10 pm

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  @anthonymcgrath405
  1. This support forum is only for those with free hosted WordPress.com blogs.

  2. The support forum http://wordpress.org/support/for those with WordPress.org installs is here http://wordpress.org/support/

  3. This is the link to Akismet support http://akismet.
  http://akismet.com/support/

  but it is a nightmare on .org can you help please.

  The reality is that WordPress.org installs get way more spam than WordPress.com blogs do but it’s no big deal as Akismet works very well. if you aren’t clear on that read this > http://akismet.com/how/

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  timethief · Member · Oct 18, 2012 at 3:11 pm

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  http://wordpress.org/support/