Kudos To Akismet
For the last couple of months my blog comments have been getting slammed with spam. Each day I’d check my email to find at least four or five such comments, each full of external links and often offering low mortgages, investment advice, and a variety of questionable prescriptions (fortunately, none of which I need at present). But WordPress comes with Akismet, a spam filter which requires only a WordPress.org API login to make use of the Akismet web service. This service checks incoming comments, captures them if thought to be spam, and holds them in the Manage area for later review. Having enabled this feature last week, my comments are so far clear of spam, and the Manage box as of this morning had 15 spam-related comments, all deleted with one click. Highly recommended.
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