About a month ago I updated my website, and with the website update, I installed a somewhat advanced spam filter to help me with all the spam I was getting before. So far the spam filter seems to work really well, since I haven’t had to remove one spam comment since it was installed.
However, on at least two occasions, the spam filter has tagged a frequent commenter as spam, and removed some of their already posted comments from the comments section. On the first occasion, I was able to recover the comments by immediately going into the control center, and reversing what happened. However, last night, after commenting with Observer, the spam filter decided to tag him as spam sometime after I went to sleep and when I woke up this morning, the history had been lost and I was not able to recover the comments. I replaced his comments where I could from emails that are generated when a comment is approved. I also added him to a ‘whitelist’, so hopefully his future comments will not be tagged as spam, and this will not happen again.
On the other hand, this leads me to wonder if there might be people out there who have tried to comment and had their comments marked as spam. If you post a comment on this blog, and it does not immediately show up, please, shoot me an email. I will add you to a ‘whitelist’ so that you are (hopefully) never denied access again.
This is an outrage!!! I have been mentally abused and my integrity tarnished. So it is your “spam filter” that is to blame; it is the culprit and not you? Well isn’t that convenient. Is it a mere coincidence that conservatives have always been at the forefront of any movement that seek to censor free, open, and honest discourse? I think so.
Well, I’m over it, for now; TGIF!!!
HP, you fawker, I know you did this shit on purpose.
LOL. Trust me my brother, I hate censorship just as much as you do.
Mhm.
Or, it could be that I installed a conservative spam filter, since it seems to have only blocked liberal commenters…Hmmm, the conspiracy unfolds!! LOL.
‘whitelist’?
Yep, the opposite of a ‘blacklist’, it’s the programs terminology not mine.
I was just playing with ya!
I got spammed right off the blogroll!
Bummer
Actually I changed URL’s, I have not made up my mind about CAFTA we always seem to get the fuzzy end of the lollipop in these deals.
Hey BillyBudd,
Nice seeing you again, I updated my links.
As far as CAFTA goes, it’s the same in any trade agreement, it doesn’t matter which side we are on, it’s a win-win situation.
I am going to read up on it this weekend before I flap my gums in either direction