Comments on: Askimet for Spam

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 23:35:19 +0000

Nope, it doesn’t do anything to keep the spam from hitting the server. I’ve done the apache rules thing before too for a couple of chronic spam IPs, but the bastards are creative, so I can’t possibly keep up.

I will say that it continues to work GREAT — 165 spam comments caught and counting.

So, yeah, it won’t help with the server aspect directly — maybe it will a little since it won’t have to kick off a “you have comments” email??? I don’t know, just speculating.

By: DizzyG

DizzyG — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:41:14 +0000

I’m going to get it now! Does it do anything fancy with the way it works? Meaning, does it help the CPU load in a good way, or just stop the spam from hitting the inbox? I would love to have my spam gone but I”ve found that even if I don’t see it, my server sure does. Not that it’s a huge load or anything, but it’s enough that I notice apache taking up more time than it should. I put a lot of apache rules on my server to stop some of the people that were hitting me with spam, even though it was getting filtered.
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By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:34:42 +0000

Since install (less than 18 hours ago), Askimet has stopped 62 spam comments.

That’s pretty impressive!!!

And it has meant 62 emails regarding “A new comment posted to your blog” never had to be sent to me, 62 comments never got held in the moderation queue, and I’m as happy as can be!