[wp-hackers] Re: Spam Karma goes GPL

[jared at pacific22.com]

Yeah, I've run into that false positive situation as well where SK
will block it but the positive points from the Akismet SK plugin will
push it over and let it through.

I ended up mofifying the Akismet SK plugin so that a spam indication
from Akismet still gives negative karma points, but an "OK" from
Akismet does not add any karma points. Works pretty well that way.

On 7/15/08, Xavier Borderie <xavier at borderie.net> wrote:
> On Jul 14, 2008, at 12:44 PM, Jonathan Dingman wrote:
>> Spam Karma is a great plugin, but it's outdated and there are much
>> better plugins available to do the same job.
>> (...)
>> I don't really see a need for Spam Karma anymore.
>
> Well, I don't know, there might some people out there who'd rather not
> have all their comments be handled by a third-party company through a
> closed-source service. Keeping one's comment on one's server.
>
> No offense to Matt & the whole Akismet devteam, it's a great product
> (I myself use it as a plugin to SpamKarma), but Jonathan, I'm sure you
> can understand that there are cases when it does'nt fit the bill.
> Furthermore, SK is built so that there is no chance to get false
> positives, whereas Akismet might get a few from times to times (hence
> the need to regularly check the spam folder of one's Akismet
> installation).
> In the end, you combine BadBehavior with Akismet, and I combine SK
> with AK. To each his own, and I for one would be sad to see SK
> disappear.
>
> And know that no service/plugin is perfect: I just got an obvious spam
> on my installation (author is "milfdude duuuude"),  see the
> spam-comment's final karma points:
>
> Karma : 6.07 with...
> 0.5: Valid Javascript payload (can be fake).
> 0: Encrypted payload valid: IP matching.
> -1.43: Entry posted 1 year, 9 months ago. 0 comments in the past 15
> days. Current Karma: 0.
> 7: Akismet says it's ok
>
> :)
>
> So, you'll always have to look at your spam folder, either to retrieve
> possible false positives, or mark missed spam. No solution is perfect
> yet, sadly.
>
> --
> Xavier Borderie
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