[wp-testers] WP 2.6 running slow

[Kirk M]

Just personal preference here, Gene. Besides, how many WP folks have a 
dedicated box (don't I wish) vs the old shared hosting gig?

Here's to peace then,

Kirk M

Gene Steinberg wrote:
> I don't worry about resource issues with a dedicated box. But I still 
> feel that a single solution ought to be adequate.
>
> Peace,
> Gene
>
> On Aug 2, 2008, at 9:12 PM, "Rick Beckman" <rick.beckman at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Running WP-Spamfree means that Akismet doesn't have to ever touch the
>> majority of spam. While it may not make a huge difference, the 
>> communication
>> of spam to Akismet and the response back could amount to significant
>> bandwidth/processor usage on less robust hosts. WP-Spamfree -- and other
>> solutions, like Bad Behavior -- help squelch spam so that further 
>> filtering
>> is used far less often.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Rick Beckman
>> http://rickbeckman.org/
>> http://fellowship-hall.com/
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 12:06 AM, Matt Moore <matt at mattmoore.ws> wrote:
>>
>>> In my sample of 12,000 spam comments Akismet has missed less than 
>>> 10. As
>>> far as I can tell running another spam filter could only lead to false
>>> positives.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gene Steinberg wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 2, 2008, at 8:41 PM, Rick Beckman wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Running both WP-SpamFree & Akismet isn't a waste; if anything, it's 
>>>> smart
>>>>> or
>>>>> at least smarter. Spam free blocks a lot of spam, but if it comes 
>>>>> from a
>>>>> human, it's pretty ineffective. In that event, Akismet is there to 
>>>>> catch
>>>>> what gets through.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Rick Beckman
>>>>> http://rickbeckman.org/
>>>>> http://fellowship-hall.com/
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What about the reverse?
>>>>
>>>> What is Akismet missing?
>>>>
>>>> Peace,
>>>> Gene
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