lettershometoyouI want to find out if the comments Askimet is catching are really spam or legitimate comments, but when I click on either Askimet or the number reported spam comments caught, all I get is another page stating the number, that there are no comments in queue, and that this is probably my lucky day. I can't get any further than this.
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I can't read the spam Askimet is catching
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Just for reference, I polite point you to the search bar at the head of the forums. It's there for a reason. I found the following thread by searching for Akismet:
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=7559
Hope this helps,
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I had already done a search before posting and had seen that thread, but couldn't find a reference to my particular problem: I simply can't read the comments that are being caught as spam. Right now it says I have 42 spam comments. Fair enough. I click on that. I get to another page. Is that all there is? Is there any page where spam comments are itemized line-by-line so I can see the address they are from and the contents?
One poster on that thread said "I like the option of dumpster-diving back." I'd like to know how to do this. Do I have to register on Askimet for that? Truly sorry if there's a thread spelling this out already, but I can't find it. -
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Go back to that thread and go down about ten posts and read Mark's response. He states what is occuring.
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OK, thanks - I see that, but at the same time I have *never* from day one been able to read the spam comments.
Is it possible to "see" ones account at Askimet, or somehow turn off this feature so you can actually see what's coming in? -
The Askimet blog says: Instead of just viewing the last 150 comments, you can now page through everything caught by Akismet.
Great!
Just wondering how.
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The next day about 30 spam appeared on the same page on which there always used to be none. Dumpster now dived, no real comments in spam list - much relieved, thank you!
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Hi
I have the same issue and have read other posts inc. the FAQ with a partial answer...
It seems that with a non download version of WP that the facility to configure the API key is non existent...[this is not what I am hoping for I want to know if it is possible to review the spam caught prior to deletion] and that Spam is only able to be viewed on the dashboard as >Comments>Akismet Spam
Is this right? because my spam have never appeared here and I would like very clear and specific help with configuring the API key to enable reading of Akismet spam for this WP version.
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The version available for the wordpress.org blogs includes a setting to not autodelete anything marked as spam made to posts over 30 days. To my knowledge, that's the only difference.
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Thanks
Then, how can I read the spam, ie. which heading on the dashboard do I find "plugins" or wherever else I am meant to type in the API key and check the spam, please?
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To check the spam on a WordPress.com blog you go to Dashboard --> Comments --> Akismet Spam. You can also get to the spam from your Blog Stats page, in the box on the bottom left-hand corner. Click on the spam total to get to the Akismet spam file.
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Well I can say that there is a bug because I have only now been able to read the spam and that was by posting a fake comment until then it read (0) and when I posted at comments>akismet spam (5) that were not from today's date.
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There's a bug unrelated to Akismet that is sending comments back and forth in time. They're working on it.
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You don't do anything with the API key. That's for Akismet installs hosted elsewhere.
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Where can I see the comment Askimet have "reg"? I have 3, but I can´t see them. My Askimet look like this: Dashboard > comments > Askimet spam(0) - why 0, when it says I have 3 from today?
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The akismet queue is occasional cached. They'll show up shortly.
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I never have anything in the queue, although Askimet says it has stopped spams.
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akismet continues to eat up legit comments and then doesn't show me the comments to approve. this has been going on since I started my blog last month and 2 emails to support have left me with one reply of 'i'll look into it' and no result. it's a shame because I also have to deal with emails from people asking why their comment doesn't show. it would be wonderful if i could just turn off the filter because I have it set so that no comments are posted without me moderating anyways.
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I just removed 655 "legitimate" comments that Akismet caught. Interestingly enough they were on a private blog that has no users designated other than myself and no links at all. Weird, eh?
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I've gotten the same "we'll look into it." That was from wordpress support. An email to Askimet went unanswered.
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Is there any way to just turn Askimet off?
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Not on a WordPress.com blog.
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So, if I'm reading these two threads correctly, we should all report this Akismet/WP.com bug and hope they finally allow us to manually check all comments that Akismet thinks are spam, and not just the ones on posts less than 30 days old.
I have a relatively new blog, with many posts older than 30 days, and now I'm worried that some of those 94 spam that Akismet has caught were legitimate comments that I never got to rescue because they were deleted right away.
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Even I have the same problem...till yest they showed 18 spam and today it has become 26, but when I try to check it, it only displays the number....I hope they fix this problem...and my mail to Akismet support was duly ignored by them !
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The first two times it caught spam for me, I was able to review it. It has since caught more, but it's not showing them in the list. That's a little disconcerting.
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And then the opposite happens as well. Earlier today, there were 107 spam comments total, with the new ones not showing up on the spam page. Just now, there were 109 spam comments total, with 11 shown on the spam page.
Is someone working on this Akismet thing, or is it just seriously confused?
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I've recently moved over from Blogger where I used the "no anonymous comments" setting. I used to have between 6 and 10 comments a day. Now I'm lucky if get 2 because Askimet has caught every one and won't let me in to "unspam" them. I'm loosing readers because of this. The day befor yesterday it read 80 odd, today it is reading 104.
Is there anyway at all of sorting this out?
If Askimet can't then I'm sorry, but I'm am going to have to move back to Blogger and upset everyone's RSS feed again.
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Why don't you restrict comments to moderation only? I cannot imagine where your comments are coming from that all of them are getting sent to spam.
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I have done. But could you tell me why when I first moved over I could see the comments that had been caught and clear the ones that weren't spam. Now I can't.
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Can't tell you. I can see mine. Dr Mike mentions that it's cached, so if they don't show up within a few hours send a message to Support at wordpress dot com and let them know this is happening on your blog.
I am assuming your blog is hosted at WordPress.com; your name isn't linked to your blog, so I can't tell.
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