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Increase in SPAM in the last few days
I've noticed an increase in spam over the last five days before. Before this, I never saw trackback spam or any kind of spam in my moderation queue, and it never ever made it to my blog, but suddenly in the last four days, spam is in the queue and is making it through the filters to my blog. What gives?
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Inappropriate?What's the URL? Also, you can add the IP's to your blacklisting setting and the trackbacks and spam will automatically be deleted. This option is available in your Settings page at http://intensedebate.com. The option is located at the bottom left. You can access the IP's in the email notifications. Also please make sure you've enabled Akismet in your blog settings page.
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Hi Michael,
My domain is cecily.info. Previously I didn't have to add IPs to my blacklist; it just seemed that ID was taking care of everything. Right around the time I switched web hosts is when I noticed a sudden onslaught of spam (well, three a day seems like an onslaught when you previously didn't get any).
Another odd thing is that I see the spam comments in my WordPress admin area, but I don't actually see them when I go to my ID Moderate Comments page. Why might that be happening?
I'm not using Akismet - I'm using TypePad AntiSpam, but I was also using it before switching domains, and it seemed to work just fine with Intense Debate. So it seems like the culprit might (?) have something to do with switching hosts... or at least that's my best guess.
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Inappropriate?Now I'm seeing around 10 spam messages a day - this is certainly out of the ordinary. Should I just switch to Disqus since it seems ID doesn't think there's a problem/can't offer a solution?
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