Comments on: When Akismet Goes Bad: What to do when Akismet starts spamming your own comments http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:49:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: engtech http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-635102 engtech Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:13:19 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-635102 @<a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-634657" rel="nofollow">Matt</a>: Thanks for the clarification on that point, Matt. I was a bit uncertain because I know that Akismet users have been directed to the WordPress.com forums for support. I'll add that to the post. @Matt:

Thanks for the clarification on that point, Matt. I was a bit uncertain because I know that Akismet users have been directed to the WordPress.com forums for support.

I’ll add that to the post.

]]> By: Matt http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-634657 Matt Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:43:43 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-634657 The best and only recommended way to get yourself "out" of Akismet is to mark yourself as not spam and if the problem persists for more than a day contact support here: http://akismet.com/contact/ Please do not contact Automattic or WordPress.com support, they're different systems. The best and only recommended way to get yourself “out” of Akismet is to mark yourself as not spam and if the problem persists for more than a day contact support here:

http://akismet.com/contact/

Please do not contact Automattic or WordPress.com support, they’re different systems.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-633061 Lorelle VanFossen Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:45:26 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-633061 You know, you are the answers to all my prayers! I've been waiting a way of creating saved searches in Akismet since the very beginning. Perfect! You know, you are the answers to all my prayers! I’ve been waiting a way of creating saved searches in Akismet since the very beginning. Perfect!

]]> By: engtech http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632920 engtech Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:16:45 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632920 I've been thinking of adding "custom saved searches" to the next feature adding release of auntie. The idea I had while writing this post is that I should be able to create a saved search with my name and with my blog search and while auntie is rounding up the spam she'll also bring those ones up to the front of the class. I’ve been thinking of adding “custom saved searches” to the next feature adding release of auntie.

The idea I had while writing this post is that I should be able to create a saved search with my name and with my blog search and while auntie is rounding up the spam she’ll also bring those ones up to the front of the class.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632616 Lorelle VanFossen Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:55:23 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632616 <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/fighting-comment-spam-wordpress-comments-mass-edit-mode/" title="WordPress Comments Mass Edit Mode" rel="nofollow">I recently wrote about how to get yourself out of Akismet</a>, as engtech mentioned, and it happens when people mark your comment as comment spam, or you write something that triggers the filtering process. I haven't found proof that there is a flaw in Akismet that automatically slips your email information into their spam list. However, it happens, mostly due to human intervention. When Akismet upgrades, I've noticed a few glitches in the system of caught comment spam, but that is usually fixed by checking and removing them from the list, and Akismet learns. Not long ago, I worried about <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/akismet-all-our-comment-spam-fighting-eggs-in-one-basket/" title="All Our Comment Spam Fighting Eggs in One Basket" rel="nofollow">putting all our comment spam in one basket</a>, and I'm a huge fan of having a backup system. I do not believe Akismet is the end all and be all, but it is the strongest warrior we have right now. Back it up with <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/im-winning-the-battle-against-comment-spam/" title="I’m Winning the Battle Against Comment Spam" rel="nofollow">the triumvirate of comment spam fighters</a>, Spam Karma and Bad Behavior, just in case. Above all, though, I LOVE AUNTIE AKISMET and can't live without it on this blog. I will easily get over 10,000 comment spam in a weekend or couple of days. That's just too many to deal with and engtech's Firefox Greasemonkey script is the BEST on the planet for making Akismet and the comment spam manageable. Thanks, engtech, for the one of the best blogging tools on the planet. I recently wrote about how to get yourself out of Akismet, as engtech mentioned, and it happens when people mark your comment as comment spam, or you write something that triggers the filtering process. I haven’t found proof that there is a flaw in Akismet that automatically slips your email information into their spam list. However, it happens, mostly due to human intervention.

When Akismet upgrades, I’ve noticed a few glitches in the system of caught comment spam, but that is usually fixed by checking and removing them from the list, and Akismet learns.

Not long ago, I worried about putting all our comment spam in one basket, and I’m a huge fan of having a backup system. I do not believe Akismet is the end all and be all, but it is the strongest warrior we have right now. Back it up with the triumvirate of comment spam fighters, Spam Karma and Bad Behavior, just in case.

Above all, though, I LOVE AUNTIE AKISMET and can’t live without it on this blog. I will easily get over 10,000 comment spam in a weekend or couple of days. That’s just too many to deal with and engtech’s Firefox Greasemonkey script is the BEST on the planet for making Akismet and the comment spam manageable. Thanks, engtech, for the one of the best blogging tools on the planet.

]]> By: Brian http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632549 Brian Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:17:15 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632549 On the other hand, it's been 10 months since I moved from Blogger to Wordpress and I've had 30,000 spam comments blocked. Since no platform is perfect, I put up with the occasional glitch. Wordpress support is great, many times a problem is fixed within minutes, once it was fixed in 30 seconds. Can't beat that. :) On the other hand, it’s been 10 months since I moved from Blogger to WordPress and I’ve had 30,000 spam comments blocked. Since no platform is perfect, I put up with the occasional glitch. WordPress support is great, many times a problem is fixed within minutes, once it was fixed in 30 seconds. Can’t beat that. :)

]]> By: Douglas Bell http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632430 Douglas Bell Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:00:29 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632430 I had that issue about a year ago, and it was annoying because I couldn't comment on ANYONE's blog on the internet because EVERYONE was using the same Akismet that was blocking my comments, or so it felt like. I had that issue about a year ago, and it was annoying because I couldn’t comment on ANYONE’s blog on the internet because EVERYONE was using the same Akismet that was blocking my comments, or so it felt like.

]]> By: engtech http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632382 engtech Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:21:55 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632382 @<a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632224" rel="nofollow">Brian Carnell</a>: Unfortunately that's all in the secret sauce. <strike>If you contact Automattic support (at wordpress.com) they can sometimes help if akismet is flagging you as spam, but I'm not sure if that is general policy or them just being nice.</strike> Read further down in the comments for how to report a mislabeling of spam. @Brian Carnell:

Unfortunately that’s all in the secret sauce.

If you contact Automattic support (at wordpress.com) they can sometimes help if akismet is flagging you as spam, but I’m not sure if that is general policy or them just being nice.

Read further down in the comments for how to report a mislabeling of spam.

]]> By: engtech http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632379 engtech Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:19:59 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632379 @<a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-631958" rel="nofollow">Punny Money</a>: What I think did me in is another wp.com bug where my trackbacks look like crap. Instead of showing the highlighted and surrounding text my trackbacks are showing the names of my WordPress pages (as can be seen in the moderation screenshot). http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/engtechwp/screenshots/moderate-comments.png So if I link to someone else's blog (which I do frequently) they see this garbage trackback and marks it as spam even though it's not. And once you're on the akismet bad list it's a downward spiral because no checks for false spam since the interface is so unwieldy. @Punny Money:

What I think did me in is another wp.com bug where my trackbacks look like crap. Instead of showing the highlighted and surrounding text my trackbacks are showing the names of my WordPress pages (as can be seen in the moderation screenshot).

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/engtechwp/screenshots/moderate-comments.png

So if I link to someone else’s blog (which I do frequently) they see this garbage trackback and marks it as spam even though it’s not.

And once you’re on the akismet bad list it’s a downward spiral because no checks for false spam since the interface is so unwieldy.

]]> By: engtech http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632371 engtech Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:07:48 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632371 @<a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/help-akismet-spams-my-own-comments/#comment-632201" rel="nofollow">Brian</a>: I'm hosted on wp.com as well and suffer the same fate. What's frustrating is how intermittent it is for me... it seems to come and go every two months or so. wp.com support has been great at helping me get things sorted out, but there reaches a point where you wonder why the problem keeps happening? @Brian:

I’m hosted on wp.com as well and suffer the same fate. What’s frustrating is how intermittent it is for me… it seems to come and go every two months or so.

wp.com support has been great at helping me get things sorted out, but there reaches a point where you wonder why the problem keeps happening?

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