Re: how to keep your blog from being spammed

**j* e* m* s* <h*@sbcglobal.net>**

I use a plugin on my WordPress that requires people to type in a code 
to leave a comment. I have to approve it. Once a person is approved, 
I don't have to approve them any more, but he/she still had to enter 
the code.

When I first started, I got literally hundreds of spam mail a day 
from bob@gmail.com at two different ISP addresses in some kind of 
language that looked Russian or something similar. Once the plugin 
was installed, it has stopped completely.

jems

>Hi all
>
>I am really frustrated by the huge number of spam comments that are 
>submitted to my blog.  I have to go through the list and approve/
>disapprove them, thankfully, rather than them being posted 
>automatically, but I often get 15 or 20 spam comments a day.  I am 
>using Word Press.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks!

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