[wp-forums] Forums and akismet spam again

[Handy]

Yep, That'd be nice too.

And while we're wishing for Pony's, I wouldn't mind an RSS feed from the
spam trap list either.

On 12/18/06, Les Bessant <les at lcb.me.uk> wrote:
>
> A message telling users that their post had been held would save a lot of
> that effort...
>
>
> Les Bessant les at lcb.me.uk
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-forums-
> > bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Handy
> > Sent: 18 December 2006 05:21
> > To: wp-forums at lists.automattic.com
> > Subject: Re: [wp-forums] Forums and akismet spam again
> >
> > Following up to myself.  Rude, I know... but bear with me.
> >
> > I try to take great pains to check the spam traps several times a day if
> at
> > all possible.  I've learned a few things lately so figured I'd share and
> see
> > if any help is possible towards my request below.
> >
> > 99% of our users at the support forums, upon not seeing a post show up
> after
> > submitting it will re-submit.  I'd guess at least 3 more times, on
> average.
> > And gee, if the first got eaten by Akismet... well, so will the others.
> >
> > However, I've learned a little stunt that helps them on their subsequent
> > visits.
> >
> > I'll go in to the Akismet caught list and release their first post as
> not
> > spam (after checking the members profile to ensure another mod hasn't
> > already done that, of course!).  Then, for all the remaining dupes, I'll
> > mark each as not spam -- then view it and delete the thread.  One by
> one.
> >
> > If you look at the deleted threads view in the control panel you'll see
> some
> > clumps of these.  Fun stuff!
> >
> > Why do I do it like that?  Well, it seems to train Akismet when I mark
> all
> > the dupes as not spam first before deleting.  In other words, that
> > particular user will be less likely to fall back into the spam traps in
> the
> > future.
> >
> > As you might surmise, this is tedious and time-consuming.  But it seems
> to
> > help.  I'm gambling that the up-front effort will prevent me from seeing
> > that user in the spam traps in the future.
> >
> > With that background...
> >
> > If a future release of bbPress could enhance some of the usability for
> > dealing with Akismet, that would rock.  For instance, a "mark not spam
> AND
> > delete" would rock.  Followed closely by an ability to multi-select.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Handy
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/14/06, Handy <handy.solo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 10/21/06, Handy <handy.solo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 10/15/06, Podz <podz at tamba2.org.uk> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Handy wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > 2)  Would it be possible to add the ability to delete a post
> from
> > > > > the Admin
> > > > > > Content -> Akismet Spam page for mods and above?  If you look
> right
> > > > > now
> > > > > > you'll see that some knucklehead entered his post approx 8
> > > > > times.  All of
> > > > > > them flagged as spam.  Now, if *I* unspam one, and another mod
> > > > > wandered by
> > > > > > and forgets to check his profile and unspams another, he'll get
> > > > > hollered at
> > > > > > by a 3rd admin for dupes!  (Yes, this has happened in the past
> week
> > > > > or so.
> > > > > > No, I don't recall the poster).  It would be cool in a deal like
> > > > > that if we
> > > > > > could un-spam one and delete the others.  Or delete the
> out-and-out
> > > > > spam
> > > > > > for
> > > > > > that matter.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm assuming I'm not the only one checking the askimet
> traps.  One
> > > > > thing I
> > > > > > do before unspamming is check the posters profile quick to see
> if
> > > > > I'm just
> > > > > > looking at a dupe.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thoughts on 2?
> > > > >
> > > > > That's one for Matt and Michael A - I'll point to this because now
> > > > > bbPress is alive and kicking that sort of thing will need
> addressing.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > Whine/nag/bump  :-)
> > > > Any thoughts from Matt or Michael A?
> > > >
> > >
> > > I suppose I could "not spam" them, then delete them, but that probably
> > > does silly things to Akismet.
> > >
> > >
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