[wp-hackers] WordPress Checking Own Pingbacks - Intended Behavior?

[Computer Guru]

Can you further explain what you're trying to say?

How would not filtering local pingbacks break plugins?
I'm not saying don't apply filters to local pingbacks, just don't apply the
*spam* filter to local pingbacks.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-hackers-
> bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Viper007Bond
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 12:54 PM
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] WordPress Checking Own Pingbacks - Intended
> Behavior?
> 
> I disagree. This is an Akismet issue.
> 
> Your solution would be to avoid filtering local pingback/trackbacks.
> This is
> bad and would break some plugins and would provide no way to filter
> them at
> all.
> 
> Akismet needs to be smart enough to ignore ****backs from a local
> source.
> 
> On 11/16/07, Computer Guru <computerguru at neosmart.net> wrote:
> >
> > My feelings exactly.
> >
> > Here's the ticket: http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5362
> >
> > This isn't an Akismet issue; Akismet uses the API to check for
> pending
> > comments - intra-site pingbacks shouldn't be there in the first
> place.
> >
> > -CG
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-hackers-
> > > bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Callum Macdonald
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:16 PM
> > > To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> > > Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] WordPress Checking Own Pingbacks -
> Intended
> > > Behavior?
> > >
> > > Interesting, I always considered that internal pingbacks shouldn't
> > > appear at all, but I suppose they could be useful in some way.
> > >
> > > I agree, if they're going to be posted, they should bypass spam
> > > checking. Will that need to be a change in Akismet or a change in
> WP?
> > > Is
> > > there a way to exclude something from spam checking? (I haven't
> looked
> > > into that part of the code).
> > >
> > > Cheers - Callum.
> > >
> > > Computer Guru wrote:
> > > > I just posted an article on my blog (WP SVN), and was surprised
> to
> > > find a
> > > > link from that article - to a previous article I had written  on
> the
> > > same
> > > > blog - flagged as spam by Akismet.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > IMHO, internal pingbacks should be added directly, without *any*
> spam
> > > > checking..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I was wondering if there was any previous discussion on the topic
> > > before I
> > > > bugged it?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -CG
> > > >
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