[spam-stopper] Obvious spam getting through?

[Kevin Scaldeferri]

Do you get lots of jokes legitimately posted to your comments?   
Assuming you don't, you shouldn't worry at all.  And if you do,  
Akismet ought to learn that the joke content isn't a good predictor  
of either spamminess or hamminess, and should end up using the rest  
of the content to decide.


-kevin


On Dec 7, 2006, at 6:07 PM, Richard Williamson wrote:

> That's nasty...downright bummer. If that trick gets widely adopted  
> by the spammers my heretofore usually empty moderation queue will  
> require constant attention.
>
> So now the Akismet team has to compile and maintain a database of  
> jokes? <grin>
>
> Richard
>
> Sarah King wrote
>> New trick used today though, post a joke with a couple of links at  
>> the end. Therefore the text looks like regular well formed  
>> sentences & the blog owner might actually think it's legit. By  
>> marking as spam we increase the risk that akisment (et al) will  
>> learn the wrong stuff and we'll get more false positives!
>>
>> Sarah
> Richard Williamson
> Portland, Oregon USA
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