Why doesn't the Comment Blacklist work as described?

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    ednisley · Member ·

    After thinking about how why Askismet isn’t doing such a great job these days:

    https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-doesnt-akismet-do-a-better-job-of-killing-spam

    I added this list to Settings -> Discussion Options -> Comment Blacklist:

    ɑ
    Ь
    Ƅ
    ɗ
    Ԁ
    ǥ
    ɦ
    Һ
    Ң
    ł
    ߋ
    ρ
    Ƥ
    գ
    Ʀ
    Ƭ
    ѵ
    ա
    ѡ
    ҳ
    ʏ
    ƴ
    ƶ
    allopurinol
    amoxicillin
    bupropion
    cefadroxil
    cialis
    clomiphene
    cytotec
    guanethidine
    levitra
    meropenem
    phenothiazines
    prednisone
    salbutamol
    strattera
    topamax
    kors
    louboutin
    vuitton

    According to the description: “When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, it will be marked as spam.”

    Unfortunately, spam containing those Unicode characters, plus the drugs, handbags, shoes, and suchlike, into the spam queue for moderation.

    I suspect there’s a bug that uses the same code for the Blacklist as for the Comment Moderation list. The latter should act like this: “When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, it will be held in the moderation queue.”

    Although the Blacklist isn’t a complete fix, if it worked as described, it’d be helpful.

    What’s involved in making the Blacklist actually kill spam containing those terms, rather than queuing them for moderation?

    Thanks…

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