Comments on: Enhancing Akismet with reCAPTCHA: Simple Spam Filter (0.5) http://tantannoodles.com/2008/01/19/enhancing-akismet-with-recaptcha-simple-spam-filter-05/ msg free since 2005 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:03:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Randy Aldrich http://tantannoodles.com/2008/01/19/enhancing-akismet-with-recaptcha-simple-spam-filter-05/#comment-92578 Randy Aldrich Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:00:59 +0000 http://tantannoodles.com/2008/01/19/updated-simple-spam-filter-05-enhancing-akismet-with-recaptcha/#comment-92578 I've had something like this on my todo list for quite a while. I'm glad someone else wrote it so I didn't have to. I'm very glad it hooks into akismet although I wish the captcha system was just local and it didn't depend on another system. I’ve had something like this on my todo list for quite a while. I’m glad someone else wrote it so I didn’t have to. I’m very glad it hooks into akismet although I wish the captcha system was just local and it didn’t depend on another system.

]]> By: Joe Tan http://tantannoodles.com/2008/01/19/enhancing-akismet-with-recaptcha-simple-spam-filter-05/#comment-92576 Joe Tan Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:44:14 +0000 http://tantannoodles.com/2008/01/19/updated-simple-spam-filter-05-enhancing-akismet-with-recaptcha/#comment-92576 Thanks for the suggestions Arpit about trackback spam... i'm not sure if it's possible to do some sort of verification with trackback/pings, since I dont think there's a way to send a message back to the trackback originator... I had thought about having the plugin create it's own captcha, but the reCAPTCHA service was the easiest and fastest to get up and running. Also, I want to remind you that the captcha will only display if a comment gets flagged as spam... so hopefully, most users won't ever see it :) And since the recaptcha service actually uses an IFRAME to load and display the captcha, it won't slow down anything on your server. Thanks for the suggestions Arpit about trackback spam… i’m not sure if it’s possible to do some sort of verification with trackback/pings, since I dont think there’s a way to send a message back to the trackback originator…

I had thought about having the plugin create it’s own captcha, but the reCAPTCHA service was the easiest and fastest to get up and running. Also, I want to remind you that the captcha will only display if a comment gets flagged as spam… so hopefully, most users won’t ever see it :) And since the recaptcha service actually uses an IFRAME to load and display the captcha, it won’t slow down anything on your server.

]]> By: Arpit jacob http://tantannoodles.com/2008/01/19/enhancing-akismet-with-recaptcha-simple-spam-filter-05/#comment-92575 Arpit jacob Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:19:54 +0000 http://tantannoodles.com/2008/01/19/updated-simple-spam-filter-05-enhancing-akismet-with-recaptcha/#comment-92575 I get a tons of trackback spam. A solution for that would be helpful. Also not too keen on having a third party CAPTCHA service running on my blog. I get a tons of trackback spam. A solution for that would be helpful. Also not too keen on having a third party CAPTCHA service running on my blog.

]]> By: Ben Maurer http://tantannoodles.com/2008/01/19/enhancing-akismet-with-recaptcha-simple-spam-filter-05/#comment-92568 Ben Maurer Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:17:44 +0000 http://tantannoodles.com/2008/01/19/updated-simple-spam-filter-05-enhancing-akismet-with-recaptcha/#comment-92568 Hi, I'm one of the engineers on the reCAPTCHA team. I think this is a fantastic idea. It'd be great to see if the hooks to enable this type of filter could be merged in to the default Akismet plugin. - Ben Hi,

I’m one of the engineers on the reCAPTCHA team. I think this is a fantastic idea. It’d be great to see if the hooks to enable this type of filter could be merged in to the default Akismet plugin.

- Ben

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