Comments on: Wordpress spam http://rapidsignal.com/blog/2005/08/30/wordpress-spam/ Rapid Signal: a micro-ISV venture Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:22:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Dimitris Giannitsaros http://rapidsignal.com/blog/2005/08/30/wordpress-spam/#comment-127 Dimitris Giannitsaros Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:46:19 +0000 http://rapidsignal.com/blog/?p=93#comment-127 Ian, I thought I had seen HashCash praised by you! Is it not good enough after all? I don't understand why closing the comments works. I just had some spam on relatively new articles...? Ian,

I thought I had seen HashCash praised by you! Is it not good enough after all?

I don’t understand why closing the comments works. I just had some spam on relatively new articles…?

]]> By: Dimitris Giannitsaros http://rapidsignal.com/blog/2005/08/30/wordpress-spam/#comment-126 Dimitris Giannitsaros Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:37:27 +0000 http://rapidsignal.com/blog/?p=93#comment-126 Unfortunately AuthImage uses Captcha, which I dislike. HashCash is transparent for the user (but requires javascript which spam bots don't have) Unfortunately AuthImage uses Captcha, which I dislike. HashCash is transparent for the user (but requires javascript which spam bots don’t have)

]]> By: Ian Landsman http://rapidsignal.com/blog/2005/08/30/wordpress-spam/#comment-125 Ian Landsman Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:32:32 +0000 http://rapidsignal.com/blog/?p=93#comment-125 Since I installed auto shutoff I haven't had any spam and it's been about 4 months. http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Auto_shutoff_comments As long as you can live with comments being closed on older posts, it's great. Since I installed auto shutoff I haven’t had any spam and it’s been about 4 months.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Auto_shutoff_comments

As long as you can live with comments being closed on older posts, it’s great.

]]> By: Panayotis Vryonis http://rapidsignal.com/blog/2005/08/30/wordpress-spam/#comment-124 Panayotis Vryonis Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:15:27 +0000 http://rapidsignal.com/blog/?p=93#comment-124 I have not tried it, but <a href="http://www.gudlyf.com/index.php?p=376" rel="nofollow">AuthImage</a> could be a solution. I have not tried it, but AuthImage could be a solution.

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