It’s been almost three months since I installed the Akismet plugin to deal with comment spam. In that time it has caught 6,716 spam comments!
If we assume about 5KB per comment, which seems a reasonable estimate, that would equate to nearly 33MB of wasted bandwidth. It’s a good thing that I’m allowed up to […]
Ok, I’ve just enabled the Akismet plugin that comes with the latest version of Wordpress. Apparently, this plugin will check each incoming comment to see if it looks like spam and, if so, stick it in a spam queue. The spam queue is separate from the normal moderation queue that holds comments from new visitors […]
I’ve just upgraded the wordpress installation powering this blog from version 1.5 to the latest version. It was a relatively painless upgrade as the instructions supplied by wordpress are clear and complete.
My next task is to see what I can do about all the bloody spam comments I’ve been getting lately. I’m averaging about […]
I stray away from my computer for a few days to enjoy the sunshine and what do I see when I return? Ninety-eight instances of comment spam in the last two days alone!
For goodness sake, when will they realise that the spam comments will never ever be revealed to public gaze. They simply sit […]
Again, I’m inspired by a post on Kazza’s site. She, in turn, was inspired by Dave. Kazza posted a list of the country of origin of visitors to her website and so reminded me that my hosts provide a stats reports for this domain. I’d forgotten it was there.
As this domain hasn’t been going […]
Look carefully and a new blog can be seen emerging into the harsh glare of the internet. Welcome to lemongarden.co.uk. My name is Richard and I will be your host here. Thank you for reading.