Re: how to keep your blog from being spammed

**R* M* M* <r*@comcast.net>**

Doug and all,
This discussion couldn't be more timely as I spent last evening  
searching for and cleaning out meaningless comments linking to  
meaningless selling sites. I agree Akismet is very effective with true  
spam and actually catches some of the junk.
Rose Marie Nichols McGee
Nichols Garden Nursery
1190 Old Salem Road NE
Albany, Or 97321
www.nicholsgardennursery.com
On Nov 16, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Doug Green wrote:

> Nan.
>
> I assume you have Akismet set up and running.  That takes care of  
> the vast
> majority of automated spammers.  There are plugins available that do  
> what
> Donna suggested - putting in a captch box where people have to enter  
> a code
> to get their comment into the system.
>

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