July 23, 2009
Since I've upgraded to WordPress 2.8.2 and a new version of spam-killer Akismet, I've had an annoying error message just about every time I've looked at the dashboard of any of the blogs I look after: Akismet has detected a problem. A server or network problem is preventing Akismet from working correctly. Clicking for more information gets me an even more alarming message: Server... Read more
November 19, 2008
I love blogging and I love WordPress. And so do comment spammers. If you've got a brand-new blog, you've probably got a month or so before the spam comments advertising everything from pharmaceuticals to porn start. Here's how to keep them off your blog. Akismet looks at the content of comments left on your blog, and analyses their spamminess. Comments it believes are spam don't appear on your... Read more