[wp-testers] Aksimet banning?

[Andy Holtzmann]

SO basically while My Idea is a good one. Akismet will not be making changes
to accomadate a IP banning system?
I hate spam. they clog your blog. it takes time to go through and pull out
non-spam comments.  I really would like to met the geneius that thought of
spamming first.

Matt Mullenweg:
If i could locate a server taht already maintains a Spamming IP list. coudl
I bring this up again to see if Akismet to use hte info off of that server?

On 6/4/07, Bruce Keener <brucekeener at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not to mention that CAPTCHA is apparently having some problems right
> now. For example, see the recent post on jkOnTheRun regarding his
> difficulities with it and how their recent modification enabled
> hundreds of spams to get through. Apparently not resolved yet.
>
> On 6/4/07, Matt Mullenweg <m at mullenweg.com> wrote:
> > Travis Snoozy wrote:
> > > Assuming that the majority of this spam is generated via botnets
> (which
> > > I think is a pretty safe bet), you're not banning spammers so much as
> > > innocent schmucks who have had their computer hijacked -- or worse,
> > > innocent schmucks behind the same NAT as some *other* poor schmuck who
> > > has had their computer hijacked.
> >
> > This is true, banning IPs has an extremely high false positive rate.
> > There is a plugin to add frequently caught spam IPs to an .htaccess
> > file, presumably to save server resources. However it's not something
> > we're going to add to the Akismet plugin.
> >
> > > I'd much prefer to see accessible CAPTCHA support integrated into core
> > > WordPress. While it won't solve the problem, it'll make posting a much
> > > bigger pain in the butt for spammers, and is a reasonable
> middle-ground
> > > between super-easy posting and requiring a user account.
> >
> > That would do nothing for trackbacks and pingbacks. Trackbacks are
> > responsible for the vast majority of spam.
> >
> > --
> > Matt Mullenweg
> >   http://photomatt.net | http://wordpress.org
> > http://automattic.com | http://akismet.com
> >
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