[wp-testers] What's the point of comment moderation...

[azrin]

Seems AKISMET does it's job well enough to filter out all the spams etc.
Wishlist for AUTO APPROVE for OPENID registered users or wordpress.com , 
something like Blogger
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "spencerp" <spencerp1 at gmail.com>
To: <wp-testers at lists.automattic.com>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 4:15 PM
Subject: [wp-testers] What's the point of comment moderation...


> When it's not moderating anything anyway? I mean, even on 2.3 the comment 
> moderation wasn't working either...
>
> I tried comment moderation on both themes, the one I'm using and the 
> default theme and it's still letting comments through, no matter what. I 
> went to Options > Discussion and chose under: Before a comment appears:
>
>    * An administrator must always approve the comment
>
> It's the only one checked... I even put their IP address in for Comment 
> Moderation, whenever someone on that IP posts a comment, and it STILL lets 
> it go through. They went and tried this on another browser, while not 
> being logged in, as a total stranger.. they got an auth image, filled it 
> out, and was approved too... As far as I know, the only way to keep a 
> moderation going for my stuff...is to ban peoples IPs in the .htaccess 
> file.. and that's pretty lame... I mean seriously though, despite them 
> being approved before or not, if the option to comment moderation is 
> checked, it should moderate comments as expected right?
>
> Spencer: when u went in on other browser
> did you get auth image
> and fill it out
>
> blacksnday: yea
>
> Spencer: and was approved anyway?
>
> blacksnday: yea it is said:
> THANK YOU YOUR COMMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED
>
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