Comments on: Riddle me this http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=279 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: rachel http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=279&cpage=1#comment-1451 rachel Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:59:31 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=279#comment-1451 Thanks! I renamed those files w/ a .bak extension and will see how that goes -- the blog seems un-messed-up, at least. Will play with Akismet as well, but I'd prefer something more like Spam Karma that helps reduce the need to clean out behind the scenes. Thanks! I renamed those files w/ a .bak extension and will see how that goes — the blog seems un-messed-up, at least. Will play with Akismet as well, but I’d prefer something more like Spam Karma that helps reduce the need to clean out behind the scenes.

]]> By: Steve Lawson http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=279&cpage=1#comment-1364 Steve Lawson Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:03:42 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=279#comment-1364 They are probably bypassing your (nonexistent) comments form, and instead hitting the WP comments system directly. From the info on the Codex, it looks like you should be able to delete the wp-comments-post.php and wp-trackback.php files from your installation and stop the spam. Please note that I have not actually ever done this, and can't promise that it (a) will work or (b) won't mess anything else up. Here is the URL for the Codex page: http://codex.wordpress.org/Combating_Comment_Spam/FAQ#I_have_disabled_comments.2C_but_comments_continue_to_be_posted As for fighting spam, Akismet + checking the box for "Comment author must have a previously approved comment" under Options : Discussion : Before a comment appears, means that spam almost never gets published on my blog. I still have to clean out the stables behind the scenes, though. Hope that helps. They are probably bypassing your (nonexistent) comments form, and instead hitting the WP comments system directly. From the info on the Codex, it looks like you should be able to delete the wp-comments-post.php and wp-trackback.php files from your installation and stop the spam. Please note that I have not actually ever done this, and can’t promise that it (a) will work or (b) won’t mess anything else up. Here is the URL for the Codex page:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Combating_Comment_Spam/FAQ#I_have_disabled_comments.2C_but_comments_continue_to_be_posted

As for fighting spam, Akismet + checking the box for “Comment author must have a previously approved comment” under Options : Discussion : Before a comment appears, means that spam almost never gets published on my blog. I still have to clean out the stables behind the scenes, though. Hope that helps.

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