wordpress user comments banished to spam

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 9, 2008 at 5:19 pm

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  Now I’m getting spammed. Oh, fine. I still have my Tumblr!

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  teck07 · Member · Jun 9, 2008 at 5:20 pm

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  Raincoaster, send a comment to my latest post I’ll fish you out… :)

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  justjennifer · Member · Jun 10, 2008 at 5:44 am

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  Your comment on my last blog post came through OK. A new development?(!) Comment again and I’ll fish you out if it goes to spam.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 10, 2008 at 6:17 am

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  No, turns out it was because I dropped a link. A SINGLE link. Akismet is paranoid. Cue the dozens to post “OMG wun spam got through i am leeving foreva!”

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  tellyworth · Staff · Jun 10, 2008 at 6:23 am

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  Please report Akismet problems here:

  Contact Us

  At a minimum we need your name, blog URL, email address and IP address.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 10, 2008 at 7:57 am

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  Do we have to put the IP address in the email? I don’t actually know mine. Presumably, if you get an email, you’ve got the IP too, no?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 10, 2008 at 7:58 am

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  Also: the blog we left the comment on, or OUR blog?

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  mark · Member · Jun 10, 2008 at 10:54 am

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  Here’s one way.

  Go to http://podz.wordpress.com and leave a comment.
  If it appears, great – you do not need to contact Akismet support
  If it does not all the information needed is now there to be checked – so still use the form at http://akismet.com/contact but mention you tried the test blog.

  Why use http://podz.wordpress.com?
  Because other people might be using some other form of moderation. This blog uses Akismet and nothing else.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jun 10, 2008 at 3:05 pm

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  Thanks for posting that Mark; looks like today I am out of the Akismet line of fire.

  FWIW-my troubles began after I also posted one link in a comment, but on my OWN blog. :/