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<DIV>I'm not sure if I'm ahead or behind the curve here (or even if I'm on the right course), but I've been using WP-SpamFree on my WPMU site, and I've loved it. I've not had a single bit of spam get through, even for moderation, since I installed it last April.</DIV>
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<DIV>I have had a few people complain about error messages since the last version update of the plugin a couple of weeks ago, but when I suggested they try it in Firefox instead of IE, they've not had problems.</DIV>
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<DIV>Robert Gray, PhD</DIV>
<DIV>Director of PETAL</DIV>
<DIV>Program for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning</DIV>
<DIV>University of South Alabama</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="mailto:rmgray@usouthal.edu">rmgray@usouthal.edu</A></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR>>>> Mark Styles <wp-edu@lambic.co.uk> 2/5/2009 2:21 PM >>><BR>Hi all,<BR><BR>I'm just wondering what other institutions are using for their blog<BR>comment spam protection; Are you paying for Akismet? Paying for<BR>something else? Or using one or more of the free plugins?<BR><BR><BR>Also, there's a debate raging here over whether all blogs should use the<BR>same basic theme or all the blogs can look different (I'm in the looking<BR>different camp, blogs should have individual personality IMO). Any<BR>similar debates happened elsewhere? What was the outcome?<BR><BR>-- <BR>Mark <BR><A href="http://www.lambic.co.uk/">http://www.lambic.co.uk</A><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>