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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343445323-19102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Well... Akismet has been one of the best 3 dogs i had in my
life... "<FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Akismet has caught
<STRONG>194,923</STRONG> spam for you since you installed it.</FONT>"
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343445323-19102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>However they marked 2 of my comments as spam
;)</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> spam-stopper-bounces@lists.automattic.com
[mailto:spam-stopper-bounces@lists.automattic.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Douglas
Bell<BR><B>Sent:</B> Jueves, 19 de Octubre de 2006 08:37 p.m.<BR><B>To:</B>
spam-stopper@lists.automattic.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [spam-stopper] New
plugin version<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Akismet hasn't been much of a good dog to me. I've been unspamming my
own comments on my blog a few dozen times, and I still get marked as spam. I've
sent e-mails to this list, I sent a support request of which I've gotten to
response, and I'm sick of being constantly marked as spam not only on my blog,
but on everyone else's blog. <BR>--Douglas Bell<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 10/19/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Matt
Mullenweg</B> <<A href="mailto:m@mullenweg.com">m@mullenweg.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Mark
Jaquith wrote:<BR>> Good call... the plugin should skip the Akismet check
if you have the<BR>> ability to post entries.<BR><BR>That's the wrong
solution, a band-aid on a gaping cut. :)<BR><BR>If Akismet caught two of your
own comments, you probably noticed <BR>immediately and unspammed them and the
system learned from that. (As I<BR>assume it doesn't catch your comments
today.)<BR><BR>That's the point!<BR><BR>There is no perfect spam system.
However, one that learns can (I think) <BR>stay highly effective over the long
term where more static systems might<BR>fail.<BR><BR>Think of it like training
a dog. If you don't say "bad dog" when it<BR>makes a mistake, if you just
cover your eyes and pretend the mistake <BR>didn't happen, it won't get any
better and you'll reinforce bad habits.<BR><BR>Help make Akismet a good
dog.<BR><BR>--<BR>Matt Mullenweg<BR> <A
href="http://photomatt.net">http://photomatt.net</A> | <A
href="http://wordpress.org">http://wordpress.org</A><BR><A
href="http://automattic.com">http://automattic.com</A> | <A
href="http://akismet.com">http://akismet.com</A><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>spam-stopper
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