Comments on: First time commenters may experience a delay; lost in the spam http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/first-time-commenters-may-experience-a-delay-lost-in-the-spam/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dhamu http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/first-time-commenters-may-experience-a-delay-lost-in-the-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1121374 Dhamu Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:37:41 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=25948#comment-1121374 @Paul: sometimes Akismet will pick on one of our regular commenters and treat him as spam Like me. I've posted dozens of times, but the last several times I've posted my comment never showed up. I doubt this one will, either. The site having taken a dislike to this nym, I moved on to another, which hasn't yet had the same problem. @Paul: sometimes Akismet will pick on one of our regular commenters and treat him as spam

Like me. I’ve posted dozens of times, but the last several times I’ve posted my comment never showed up. I doubt this one will, either. The site having taken a dislike to this nym, I moved on to another, which hasn’t yet had the same problem.

]]> By: Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/first-time-commenters-may-experience-a-delay-lost-in-the-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1121267 Paul Biba Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:02:24 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=25948#comment-1121267 And sometimes Akismet will pick on one of our regular commenters and treat him as spam, no matter how many times we approve the post. We get quite a few false positives and strangely they are mostly from regular posters. And sometimes Akismet will pick on one of our regular commenters and treat him as spam, no matter how many times we approve the post. We get quite a few false positives and strangely they are mostly from regular posters.

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/first-time-commenters-may-experience-a-delay-lost-in-the-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1121200 David Rothman Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:50:26 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=25948#comment-1121200 Hi, Laurens. Akismet is our filter, but unfortunately we have false positives. I understand that the real problems are generic--not limited to TeleRead. Thanks. David Hi, Laurens. Akismet is our filter, but unfortunately we have false positives. I understand that the real problems are generic–not limited to TeleRead. Thanks. David

]]> By: Laurens http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/first-time-commenters-may-experience-a-delay-lost-in-the-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1121195 Laurens Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:33:28 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=25948#comment-1121195 Why don't you use Akismet to automatically filter spam? I originally let it flag all suspect spam but nowadays I trust this free WordPress service enough to delete anything it judges to be spam. Why don’t you use Akismet to automatically filter spam? I originally let it flag all suspect spam but nowadays I trust this free WordPress service enough to delete anything it judges to be spam.

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