Comments on: Akismet Worst Offenders Extension http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/ A place for words and data that I publish (for the benefit of persons unknown). Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Stumbling Over Chaos :: Potholes, potholes, everywhere potholes. Potholes, potholes, fill them up, please! http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-38878 Stumbling Over Chaos :: Potholes, potholes, everywhere potholes. Potholes, potholes, fill them up, please! Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:07:25 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-38878 [...] up with spam blog comments this week. (You never see them because Akismet holds them, then I run Worst Offenders to delete the high volume stuff. I have Worst Offenders set to delete three or more comments from [...] [...] up with spam blog comments this week. (You never see them because Akismet holds them, then I run Worst Offenders to delete the high volume stuff. I have Worst Offenders set to delete three or more comments from [...]

]]> By: Donncha’s Friday Links at Holy Shmoly! http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4264 Donncha’s Friday Links at Holy Shmoly! Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:59:09 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4264 [...] the file to akismet.php and drop into your plugins/akismet/ folder. It’s the same idea as the Akismet Worst Offenders I blogged last year but rewritten from scratch. Looks dog ugly but maybe someone will carry the [...] [...] the file to akismet.php and drop into your plugins/akismet/ folder. It’s the same idea as the Akismet Worst Offenders I blogged last year but rewritten from scratch. Looks dog ugly but maybe someone will carry the [...]

]]> By: Wordpress Tutor » Favorite Wordpress Plugins http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4265 Wordpress Tutor » Favorite Wordpress Plugins Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:55:43 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4265 [...] you hours of clean-up work removing comment spam. I use a modified version of the plugin created by Rich Boakes. This version will automatically create a list of the IP addresses used by the spammers and write [...] [...] you hours of clean-up work removing comment spam. I use a modified version of the plugin created by Rich Boakes. This version will automatically create a list of the IP addresses used by the spammers and write [...]

]]> By: www.ngtech.gr » Automating .htaccess IP blocking of Wordpress comment spammers http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4263 www.ngtech.gr » Automating .htaccess IP blocking of Wordpress comment spammers Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:49:58 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4263 [...] (16-06-07) There is a PHP powered  solution at: Akismet Worst Offenders Extension with more "bells & whistles" added… but currently seems [...] [...] (16-06-07) There is a PHP powered  solution at: Akismet Worst Offenders Extension with more "bells & whistles" added… but currently seems [...]

]]> By: Fighting Spam - tek-works.com http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4262 Fighting Spam - tek-works.com Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:35:12 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4262 [...] the AkismetWorst Offenders Plugin at http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders Akismet, Block IP, plugin, spamIf you enjoy this post, please subscribe to our RSS Feed Written by [...] [...] the AkismetWorst Offenders Plugin at http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders Akismet, Block IP, plugin, spamIf you enjoy this post, please subscribe to our RSS Feed Written by [...]

]]> By: Reducing Comment Spam to a Trickle at Meta Best Blog Win http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4261 Reducing Comment Spam to a Trickle at Meta Best Blog Win Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:55:02 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4261 [...] First off, I installed the Akismet Worst Offenders plugin, which sorts through your spam, aggregates the common offenses into bunches, and then allows you to delete entire classes of spam all at once. This makes it dead easy to throw out the vast majority of your spam without actually looking at it. You can then sort through the leftovers looking for false-positives. The other nice thing about this plugin is that it automatically bans the offending IP addresses via .htaccess when you delete the associated spams. This is a great tool for spam management, but it doesn’t do that much to reduce your spam load, despite the IP blocking. [...] [...] First off, I installed the Akismet Worst Offenders plugin, which sorts through your spam, aggregates the common offenses into bunches, and then allows you to delete entire classes of spam all at once. This makes it dead easy to throw out the vast majority of your spam without actually looking at it. You can then sort through the leftovers looking for false-positives. The other nice thing about this plugin is that it automatically bans the offending IP addresses via .htaccess when you delete the associated spams. This is a great tool for spam management, but it doesn’t do that much to reduce your spam load, despite the IP blocking. [...]

]]> By: Beyond Caffeine » Stopping WordPress Spam This Season - Part 2 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4260 Beyond Caffeine » Stopping WordPress Spam This Season - Part 2 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:10:06 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4260 [...] First off, I installed the Worst Offenders plugin done by Rich Boakes. You can read about it here and see a screen shot of what it does (see the release history and download here). This is absolutely one of my favorite plugins now. I absolutely love the fact that I can just quickly see obvious spam and delete it without having to scroll through pages of spam to make sure I’m not losing comments. Cheers to you for making this one! [...] [...] First off, I installed the Worst Offenders plugin done by Rich Boakes. You can read about it here and see a screen shot of what it does (see the release history and download here). This is absolutely one of my favorite plugins now. I absolutely love the fact that I can just quickly see obvious spam and delete it without having to scroll through pages of spam to make sure I’m not losing comments. Cheers to you for making this one! [...]

]]> By: Beyond Caffeine » Blog Archive » Stopping WordPress Spam This Season http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4259 Beyond Caffeine » Blog Archive » Stopping WordPress Spam This Season Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:59:09 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4259 [...] Worst Offenders Bad Behavior Spam Karma [...] [...] Worst Offenders Bad Behavior Spam Karma [...]

]]> By: » My Favorite Wordpress Plugins Andrew Seltz: The Go-To Guy! » Blog Archive http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4258 » My Favorite Wordpress Plugins Andrew Seltz: The Go-To Guy! » Blog Archive Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:23:42 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4258 [...] Akismet - (Automatic-Kismet) (Comment Spam Blocker)This plugin needs a wordpress.com api key to work (free and commercial versions available.) Have you ever heard of comment spam? Start a blog and you’ll find out what it is - fast. It is a sleazy technique that uses software to take advantage of the open dialog nature of blogs. The software auto-posts irrelevant text comments, stuffed with links, in the comment sections of posts. This plugin will save you hours of clean-up work removing comment spam. I use a modified version of the plugin created by Rich Boakes. This version will automatically create a list of the IP addresses used by the spammers and write them in a ‘deny access list’ in your .htacess file. Any attempts by those computers to access your server get denied. This addition really cuts down on the spam and also the bandwidth used up by spammers searching your site. [...] [...] Akismet – (Automatic-Kismet) (Comment Spam Blocker)This plugin needs a wordpress.com api key to work (free and commercial versions available.) Have you ever heard of comment spam? Start a blog and you’ll find out what it is – fast. It is a sleazy technique that uses software to take advantage of the open dialog nature of blogs. The software auto-posts irrelevant text comments, stuffed with links, in the comment sections of posts. This plugin will save you hours of clean-up work removing comment spam. I use a modified version of the plugin created by Rich Boakes. This version will automatically create a list of the IP addresses used by the spammers and write them in a ‘deny access list’ in your .htacess file. Any attempts by those computers to access your server get denied. This addition really cuts down on the spam and also the bandwidth used up by spammers searching your site. [...]

]]> By: Another great FT milestone: 100,000 spam | FreakyTrigger http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4257 Another great FT milestone: 100,000 spam | FreakyTrigger Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:59:19 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4257 [...] About the same time we passed 5000 comments*, so 20 out of 21 comments are spam**. Nice. Many many thanks to akismet.com and the “Worst Offenders” plugin. [...] [...] About the same time we passed 5000 comments*, so 20 out of 21 comments are spam**. Nice. Many many thanks to akismet.com and the “Worst Offenders” plugin. [...]

]]> By: vanus cero uno — La guerra contra el Spam http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4256 vanus cero uno — La guerra contra el Spam Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:12:07 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4256 [...] Una solución simple y efectiva, sin el uso de javascript, preguntas extrañas o inserción de códigos especiales para validación. Inclusive hay una extensión para este plugin llamada Akismet Worst Offenders que te permite ver en grupos, los comentarios spam mas recurrentes y eliminarnos, permitiéndote realizar una moderación de los comentarios mas efectiva. [...] [...] Una solución simple y efectiva, sin el uso de javascript, preguntas extrañas o inserción de códigos especiales para validación. Inclusive hay una extensión para este plugin llamada Akismet Worst Offenders que te permite ver en grupos, los comentarios spam mas recurrentes y eliminarnos, permitiéndote realizar una moderación de los comentarios mas efectiva. [...]

]]> By: anthonymcg.com » Blog Archive » Managing spam with Akismet plus Worst Offenders http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4255 anthonymcg.com » Blog Archive » Managing spam with Akismet plus Worst Offenders Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:59:40 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4255 [...] You see when a spammer hits this site for example, they’ll normally submit up to 20 or so comments all with the same domain. So instead of using Akismet’s ‘Delete all’, Rich’s Akismet Worst Offenders steps in. It allows you to do delete comments based on a common domain so it might say ‘26 from blogspot.com’ and I can just delete those. It cuts down the overall list and reduces the odds of me getting rid of a genuine comment. [...] [...] You see when a spammer hits this site for example, they’ll normally submit up to 20 or so comments all with the same domain. So instead of using Akismet’s ‘Delete all’, Rich’s Akismet Worst Offenders steps in. It allows you to do delete comments based on a common domain so it might say ‘26 from blogspot.com’ and I can just delete those. It cuts down the overall list and reduces the odds of me getting rid of a genuine comment. [...]

]]> By: Akismet Worst Offenders Extension « Wordpress Updates http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4254 Akismet Worst Offenders Extension « Wordpress Updates Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:29:37 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4254 [...] Check out the Worst Offenders Extension and the htaccess extension. [...] [...] Check out the Worst Offenders Extension and the htaccess extension. [...]

]]> By: Living in the Whine Country » Comment? What comment? http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4253 Living in the Whine Country » Comment? What comment? Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:00:06 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4253 [...] Well after the upgrade akismet had gotten ovre written, and along with it was the worse offenders version.   Well While I was looking at it to verify he was using the latest Akismet code in his version I noticed he had his htaccess one there… and so far he hadn’t any issues.  When I looked at it before i saw experimental and stayed away.  But I’m tired of spam… even if it isn’t as much as it used to be, because of Bad Behavior.  The htaccess version also includes the worse offenders, making it very easy to decide who to add to the list. But what that means is if you spam too much from an IP, it’ll ban you from the site altogether.  And looking through the list of IPs it added and why, I didn’t see any problems with the bans.  But if you find yourself banned… email me, or comment here from an un-banned ip. [...] [...] Well after the upgrade akismet had gotten ovre written, and along with it was the worse offenders version.   Well While I was looking at it to verify he was using the latest Akismet code in his version I noticed he had his htaccess one there… and so far he hadn’t any issues.  When I looked at it before i saw experimental and stayed away.  But I’m tired of spam… even if it isn’t as much as it used to be, because of Bad Behavior.  The htaccess version also includes the worse offenders, making it very easy to decide who to add to the list. But what that means is if you spam too much from an IP, it’ll ban you from the site altogether.  And looking through the list of IPs it added and why, I didn’t see any problems with the bans.  But if you find yourself banned… email me, or comment here from an un-banned ip. [...]

]]> By: A Comprehensive Guide to Protecting Your Blog from Spam » Ajay - On the Road called Life! http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4252 A Comprehensive Guide to Protecting Your Blog from Spam » Ajay - On the Road called Life! Sun, 06 Aug 2006 07:12:19 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4252 [...] You also have an Akismet Worst Offenders Extension that pre-processes the spam comments and identifies the worst offenders in terms of the domain that’s being advertised, or (perhaps more usefully) the IP Address of the spamming computer. [...] [...] You also have an Akismet Worst Offenders Extension that pre-processes the spam comments and identifies the worst offenders in terms of the domain that’s being advertised, or (perhaps more usefully) the IP Address of the spamming computer. [...]

]]> By: John Bachir http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4251 John Bachir Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:30:42 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4251 Rich- I will wait for some spam to build up and them make some screenshots. John Rich-

I will wait for some spam to build up and them make some screenshots.

John

]]> By: Rich http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4250 Rich Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:58:47 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4250 Hi John, um, sorry it doesn't make a whole pile of sense, yet. What do you mean you "have" to click the button several times? What are you trying to achieve that makes this multiple clicking a requirement? I'm certainly baffled by the "unknown subset", so if you can elaborate a little that would be cool. Hi John, um, sorry it doesn’t make a whole pile of sense, yet. What do you mean you “have” to click the button several times? What are you trying to achieve that makes this multiple clicking a requirement? I’m certainly baffled by the “unknown subset”, so if you can elaborate a little that would be cool.

]]> By: John Bachir http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4249 John Bachir Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:22:53 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4249 great plugin. it seems like i have to click the "delete worst offenders" button 2 or three times, each time some unknown subset of the worst offenders gets deleted. does this make any sense? i'm running 2.0.2 great plugin.

it seems like i have to click the “delete worst offenders” button 2 or three times, each time some unknown subset of the worst offenders gets deleted. does this make any sense? i’m running 2.0.2

]]> By: Michael Pollitt: disconnected jottings… :: Success with Akismet http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4248 Michael Pollitt: disconnected jottings… :: Success with Akismet Thu, 06 Jul 2006 07:40:11 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4248 [...] Good news this morning from WV Fiber, the upstream provider to Inhoster. My complaints about two Inhoster IPs - 85.255.117.18 and 85.255.117.250 - were finally listened to after hundreds of comment spam were sent to my blog. I used Akismet to trap the deluge with the Akismet worst offenders extension providing running totals. [...] [...] Good news this morning from WV Fiber, the upstream provider to Inhoster. My complaints about two Inhoster IPs – 85.255.117.18 and 85.255.117.250 – were finally listened to after hundreds of comment spam were sent to my blog. I used Akismet to trap the deluge with the Akismet worst offenders extension providing running totals. [...]

]]> By: Bright Meadow » Sunday Roast: together we will upgrade the universe http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/comment-page-1/#comment-4247 Bright Meadow » Sunday Roast: together we will upgrade the universe Sun, 02 Jul 2006 13:47:17 +0000 http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders#comment-4247 [...] I, like most other bloggers, am fighting the good fight against spam. A few weeks back I tried Bad Behavior on recommendation - it made no impact, if anything the amount of spam I had to wade through went up, so I’m back to working with just Akismet. Happily, there’s a new extension on the block that snuggles up cosily to Akismet. The “Worst Offenders” extension lists the most common offenders in your Akismet queue, batching them up so you can delete them in one fell swoop. It needs the latest version of Akismet, something I haven’t got around to installing yet, so I can’t tell you how well it works, but it seems like a good idea [...] [...] I, like most other bloggers, am fighting the good fight against spam. A few weeks back I tried Bad Behavior on recommendation – it made no impact, if anything the amount of spam I had to wade through went up, so I’m back to working with just Akismet. Happily, there’s a new extension on the block that snuggles up cosily to Akismet. The “Worst Offenders” extension lists the most common offenders in your Akismet queue, batching them up so you can delete them in one fell swoop. It needs the latest version of Akismet, something I haven’t got around to installing yet, so I can’t tell you how well it works, but it seems like a good idea [...]

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