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Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:31:20 +0000

[...] a bit, I found a few articles that reported operational problems with WP-SpamFree, such as this one here. Granted, the number of operational problems compared to the benefits WP-SpamFree is small, it is [...]

By: Udegbunam Chukwudi

Udegbunam Chukwudi — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:23:38 +0000

Sorry thought it was the NoSpamNX plug-in that brought up the message. From your above description of the plug-in, it seems the plug-in only works against spam comments left by BOTS. There might not be any protection against spam comments left by HUMANS.

Anyway, anti-spam plug-ins are still trying to device better methods of catching human spam comments.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:38:31 +0000

NoSpamNX doesn’t give a message like that…
If anything, it was the Akismet plugin that did it.
NoSpamnNX does nothing but add 2 fields, that are hidden to the user via CSS. If anything is “typed” in those 2 fields the post is automatically marked as spam because bots just fill in all fields. So like I said, it wasn’t NoSpamNX that did it. Also, my original blog post was nearly a year ago. I wouldn’t be surprised if by now some of the bugs have been worked out.
I will give your blog post a read a little later.

By: Udegbunam Chukwudi

Udegbunam Chukwudi — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:16:33 +0000

Surprisingly enough I just got the Your comment looks like spam message right after I submitted the comment above. I used the back button, waited for the page to load completely then tried resubmitting it again and it went through.

So I’m guessing that even NoSpamNX isn’t foolproof either

By: Udegbunam Chukwudi

Udegbunam Chukwudi — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:06:29 +0000

Hi,

I just wanted to let you know that I ran a 7 day test on the plug-in and have written a blog post about my experience. Kinda like a review.

I left a trackback. Hope you don’t mind? Do have a fabulous week.

By: Plug-ins: Wp-Spam Free Works Just Fine @ StrictlyOnlineBiz

Plug-ins: Wp-Spam Free Works Just Fine @ StrictlyOnlineBiz — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:07:28 +0000

[...] WordPress Comment Blacklist.Steve of SteveoFC.com had previously complained about Wp-Spam Free @ Want comments? Disable WP-SpamFree. Apparently some folks were complaining of their comments not getting through and getting a message [...]

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:21:37 +0000

Does anyone else remember using Dr. Dave’s SpamKarma? It was the hands down BEST spam killing plugin. Why do these talented developers insist on reinventing the wheel (and a shoddy one at that)? Why not put aside hubris and recognize that SpamKarma’s approach to filtering spam was superb and just take the existing code and bring it up to current standards? Or does that make too much sense?

By: bob

bob — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:32:41 +0000

Scott,

I understand Steve’s frustration, and I have to say that WP-SpamFree’s FAQs and docs that I can find are not particularly helpful if you have a file permissions issue, like me. I want to try the plugin, but not unless I can use the 7-day logging feature to make sure only spam is being caught. I can’t, and instead keep getting the error about the logging file supposedly not being writable. That isn’t the case, however, as the error continues to show regardless of whether the directories in question are set at 755, 775 or even 777 and whether the files inside the data directory are 644 or 666. I even deleted and replaced htaccess.txt, which installed itself as being owned by user 99 (thus at first I was unable to bump it up to 666).

Long story short, on WP 2.9.1 on an Apache VPS on which I have no other permission issues and run numerous WP blogs, I can’t get past the permissions problem.

By: Udegbunam Chukwudi

Udegbunam Chukwudi — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:18:10 +0000

I TOTALLY understand the frustration with you guys. I’ve been using Wp-Spamfree for quite sometime and I love it cos it even helps me keep some spammy folks from commenting on my blog via blocking their IP. If legitimate comments are lost, I really don’t know. I’ll activate the “Blocked Comment Logging Mode” and see what the logs bring up.

I’ll keep you posted.

By: Rose

Rose — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:11:27 +0000

Steve thanks for the heads up as I was about to install it.