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Akismet – The Solution to Blog Spam?

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Matt, the famous creator of WordPress, has announced a new way to prevent blog spam called Akismet.

It sounds like every comment on a blog is sent to a central server, checked to make sure it isn’t spam, and then either rejected or approved. The idea sounds really interesting and worth trying out, so I just installed it here. Combined with Bad Behavior (which is still needed according to its author), this should be very interesting to watch.

Written by Chris Gonyea

October 25th, 2005 at 11:02 pm

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  1. Thanks for checking it out. :)

    Matt

    26 Oct 05 at 12:15 am

  2. Akismet – Comment Spam Killer

    This website – like any website that allows readers to submit comments – receives comment-spam, usually advertising medicines, gambling, or other vices.
    I’ve been trialling a new anti-comment-spam plugin since mid September. It’s called …

    boakes.org

    26 Oct 05 at 3:43 am

  3. Still needed for a wide variety of reasons, a few of which I disclosed, and a few of which I didn’t. Yet. :)

    IO ERROR

    26 Oct 05 at 8:30 am

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