Re: [tlug] Wordpress Spam

[Phillip Tribble <phillip.tribble@example.com>]

Mike Mazur wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Phillip Tribble
> <phillip.tribble@example.com> wrote:
>   
> >  I been receiving a lot of spam comments on my blog. Does anyone have a
> >  way to prevent spammed commented from happening? By default, I have to
> >  approve all comments.
> >     
>
> If you maintain your own WordPress instance you could install/enable
> the Akismet plugin. It seems to work well for me. Some spam still gets
> through but it's manageable. Perhaps your blog gets a lot more traffic
> though, and a lot more spam even with Akismet already on?
>
> I'm not sure whether this is an options for blogs hosted at wordpress.com.
>
> Mike
>
>   
I host the website in a Zonbu mini-pc under my couch. Thanks for the 
help.  I enabled the plug-in and I will cross my finger.