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August 28, 2007

Controlling Comment Spam for Modern Guestbook

Category: Ron Hall

By: Ron Hall

Well, I guess I have arrived as a blogger. Comment spam is becoming a problem. And as flattering as it is to be considered worthy of spamming, I really do not have time to rush into the TYPO3 backend to delete every bogus entry.

Fortunately, I located an extension that squashes spam for me. Akismet for ve_guestbook (mf_akismet) has proved to be very effective for me. It protects Modern Guestbook (ve_guestbook) which is what the TIMTAB blog extension uses for comments.

It is based on the Askimet spam service from Wordpress and requires that you get a WordPress API key (free). It is currently in a beta state and has no manual. But I had no trouble installing and it works great.

Thanks to Michael Feinbier for providing this extension.

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comment #1
Gravatar: Ingo Ingo August 28, 2007 12:15
Hey Ron, we actually use this extension fo buzz, too! unfortunately it sometimes seems to hang and still lets too much spam through at some times. Just yesterday evening I deleted 55000+ spam comments, about 7000 undetected messages left...
What I noticed is that spamers use old posts, therefore I'm going to write an extension which automatically closes comments after a given time. Hope this will help...
comment #2
Gravatar: Ron Hall Ron Hall August 28, 2007 15:14
Thanks, Ingo. It was actually from buzz that I first found out about Akismet. I noticed that buzz was doing a good job of blocking spam. I then noticed "Askimet" labeled on a couple of the fields in the backend and was able to figure out which extension was used from that.

You are right that spammers have a tendency to pick up on old posts. Closing comments after a period of time is a good idea.

Also, thank you for all your work, particularly supplying TIMTAB.
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