ever have to worry about spam again?

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 2:18 pm

Has anyone considered adding alongside captcha a widget to use http://akismet.com service to check validity of email addresses?

I haven't looked into it too far but it looks feasable and would require a YA config to be nice but thats pretty easy.

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 2:50 pm

Yes, I added it to a version of Feedback module and some other things at one point as well as using it in an old Wordpress based website (back in the days when it was a plug-in, not part of the core).
With tens of thousands of posts, I had maybe one false positive and less than a handful slip through the net.
I still maintain it is one of the most effective third party anti-spam solutions around. If you want to use it just to 'kill' bad data submission, integration is extremely simple. It takes a bit more thought to implement it fully as you need to be able 'flag' submissions as ham or spam to utilise it to it's fullest.

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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 10:36 am

Grr here we go again!
I ran into the same krap as referenced Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! applied to sites using keywords akismet & phpnuke.
stupid kidz wit der playskooltoyz!

Didn't do anything to me but disrupt my browsing (I love my Opera!)...... anyway its a must to be vigilant browsing anywhere with a java enabled browser!