My Akismet anti-spam plugin has been misbehaving, seemingly since I upgraded to WordPress 2.6.1. This issue was indicated to me by (previously) regular commentor and all-round nice guy Del, who emailed me to say that he got a stream of computer-generated abuse each time he attempted to reply to a post.
At first, I just assumed it was because Akismet had worked out that Del was in Australia and therefore it was fine to abuse him. However, I thought I’d better not let it stop other nationalities from passing comment on my spoutings and so I contacted the guru. He came out with some somewhat vague reasoning for the problems which included the word “betweem”. He likes his big words. Anyway, I have deactivated Akismet and booted up YAWASP for a trial period. Let’s see what happens.
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Incidentally, I notice that Ma.tt Mullenweg and the WordPress crew were in Cape Town this last week. I didn’t know they were coming or I would have said hello. And asked Ma.tt why his damn plugin was playing up!
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Testing, testing, one two tree?
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SheBee » Looks like that worked. Thanks.
~Tiptoes in and pushes the “spambot” tester button~
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~Can confirm my identity has been returned to me… human after all, and no “bot” genes anywhere to be seen!~
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Helga Hansen » WordPress knows that spambots can’t tiptoe
Well, I tiptoed in last night and I was rudely told I was a “spambot”. I was horrified, and had to go and lie down in a darkened room, with a cold compress being applied to my fevered brow!
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