Spam has found its way to FusionFoot.com!

• Author: Zub
• Filed under: Blogging, Information Security
• Date: Apr 11,2008

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Well, I got my first bunch of spam comments on FusionFoot.com today. I got five spammy messages filled with links to stupid sites, probably adults sites or pharmacy sites selling whatever pills. I wonder if all these spam is sent manually or by some automated script. Anyways, I deleted them this time and ran to activate Askimet.

Akismet is a sort of comment moderation plugin which comes pre-installed on Wordpress blogs. But apparently you need an API key, which you don’t get if the blog is installed on a host other than Wordpress.com! Fortunately, you can open a free account with Wordpress.com and use the API key they provide on your blog which is on the other host.

I had an account from before, so it was quick. I got the API key and activated the spam blocker Akismet. Let’s see what magic it does now.

P.S. Score is : 1 for spammers - 1 for Wordpress

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