Tag Archives: spam
Blogger blog marked as spam
I received a stern email from The Blogger Team overnight saying my site for Border Watch Editorials has been marked as an evil spam blog. The email urges me to request a review if I dispute the classification and goes … Continue reading
ATO email scam
Another scam email that landed in my inbox claimed to be from the Australian Taxation Office. Purporting to be from the email address refund@ato.com.au it said I was entitled to a $250 refund on my Visa or Mastercard. I knew … Continue reading
Comment spam problem continues
I found out today that a legitimate comment was blocked as spam, so I’ve disabled the WP-SpamFree plugin for the time being. Apologies to anyone else who was blocked. The problem with Akismet is I have to trawl through blocked … Continue reading
Commonwealth Bank email spam
I’m sick of receiving spam emails claiming to be from the Commonwealth Bank. They have been flooding my ymail address for weeks and now they’re infiltrating my Google hosted email as well. I’m not even a customer of the Commonwealth … Continue reading
Eating spam is yummy!
After being inspired by Sybil Law, I checked my spam folder on Google Mail. It’s fascinating. Top of the list was an email from Katrina Madelyn offering me drugs from a Canadian pharmacy, including Viagra and others I had never … Continue reading
Using reCAPTCHA to combat comment spam
I liked Mollom because it stopped spam and didn’t leave anything for me to moderate. Unfortunately, when it triggered a captcha for suspicious posts those people were having trouble. I’m now using reCAPTCHA. I’ve seen it on a lot of … Continue reading
Mollom spam killer
At various times over the past few years I’ve used Akismet and Defensio to block comment spam. I’m now trying Mollom and I’m pleased with the early results. The problem with Akismet and Defensio is they sometimes block genuine comments. … Continue reading
