WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Feedback spam isn't being filtered http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/feedback-spam-isnt-being-filtered WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Feedback spam isn't being filtered en Mon, 20 May 2013 22:07:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 richardmtl on "Feedback spam isn't being filtered" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/feedback-spam-isnt-being-filtered#post-1132048 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:52:13 +0000 richardmtl 1132048@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi smawby, thank you for the report, I'll let the Akismet team know. If you need anythinging else, please open a new thread, and add the "modlook" tag to it so that we don't miss it. Thank you!

]]> smawby on "Feedback spam isn't being filtered" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/feedback-spam-isnt-being-filtered#post-1132020 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:29:22 +0000 smawby 1132020@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello! I have been having a similar problem with a huge increase of spam on my contact form. I receive about 20 spam mails via the contact form every day.

Since January 2013, Akismet has caught over 1700 feedback spam!

I have contacted Support and I have been marking the feedback that hasn't been filtered as Spam, but this takes so much time.

Has this been an issue with other WordPress Blogs?

Here is my blog:

http://volunteersouthsimcoe.wordpress.com/

Here is my contact form page: http://volunteersouthsimcoe.wordpress.com/post/

]]> madisonjazz on "Feedback spam isn't being filtered" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/feedback-spam-isnt-being-filtered#post-1127242 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:20:26 +0000 madisonjazz 1127242@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks, that helped. All the stuff that's been coming to my email was already marked as spam in wordpress. I just deleted it, 500 some pieces of it.

]]> auxclass on "Feedback spam isn't being filtered" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/feedback-spam-isnt-being-filtered#post-1127172 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:41:31 +0000 auxclass 1127172@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Try:

Dashboard >> Feedback's >> when you mouse over the contact form you will see a red "Spam" just below the text - click on that

]]> madisonjazz on "Feedback spam isn't being filtered" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/feedback-spam-isnt-being-filtered#post-1127169 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:36:57 +0000 madisonjazz 1127169@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks. I'm marking it as junk mail with my email program. I'm not sure how to mark it as spam from within wordpress.

]]> richardmtl on "Feedback spam isn't being filtered" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/feedback-spam-isnt-being-filtered#post-1126745 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:52:22 +0000 richardmtl 1126745@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi madisonjazz, thanks for bringing this to our attention. The spam that you're seeing is very similar to what thewebways is getting, so the Akismet team is definitely working on stopping it. I'll let them know that your site is having the issue too. Meanwhile, please do keep marking as "spam", that will help Akismet learn as well.

]]> madisonjazz on "Feedback spam isn't being filtered" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/feedback-spam-isnt-being-filtered#post-1126244 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:30:36 +0000 madisonjazz 1126244@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Over the last 3 days I'm having a new and similar problem. Spam is not being filtered from the contact form at this page: http://madisonjazz.wordpress.com/how-to-add-events-to-the-calendar/.

I'm receiving 30-50 spam mails daily via the contact form. I haven't successfully been able to filter at my end with my email program. Please help. I'd like to leave the contact form if possible.

]]> thewebwaysmcrmy on "Feedback spam isn't being filtered" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/feedback-spam-isnt-being-filtered#post-1126090 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:09:45 +0000 thewebwaysmcrmy 1126090@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ On it, thanks!

]]> richardmtl on "Feedback spam isn't being filtered" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/feedback-spam-isnt-being-filtered#post-1126076 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:58:39 +0000 richardmtl 1126076@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi TheWebways,

Thanks for the report. I've asked the Akismet team to take a look and see if there's any tweaking they need to do in their filters; spam is an ever-moving target! For the moment, please continue to mark the spam submissions as spam. That will help in improving our filters as well. Thank you!

]]> thewebwaysmcrmy on "Feedback spam isn't being filtered" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/feedback-spam-isnt-being-filtered#post-1124890 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:23:57 +0000 thewebwaysmcrmy 1124890@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you!

]]> timethief on "Feedback spam isn't being filtered" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/feedback-spam-isnt-being-filtered#post-1123845 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:38:54 +0000 timethief 1123845@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there,
Thanks for your report. I have tagged this thread for Staff attention. Please subscribe to this thread so your are notified when they respond.

]]> thewebwaysmcrmy on "Feedback spam isn't being filtered" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/feedback-spam-isnt-being-filtered#post-1123652 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:05:33 +0000 thewebwaysmcrmy 1123652@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi,

In the last two or three days I've had around 50 spam submissions on the feedback form on my site. I know Akismet is supposed to filter them - it's worked up until the weekend - so I thought I should let you know. I'm not sure if the filter's stopped working or if spammers have found a way around it or what.

My site is http://www.thewebways.net.

Thanks for any help!

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