I’m blocked in akismet!

daxterspeed · Member · Sep 2, 2009 at 7:24 pm
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Apparently, I’ve been blocked by Akismet.

When ever I post, IN ANY BLOG, my comment gets marked as spam. I’m pretty sure it’s the username. Cause I can register at small blogs and still get blocked.

What am I supposed to do? It’s really a problem for me.
thesacredpath · Member · Sep 2, 2009 at 7:34 pm
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Go to http://akismet.com/contact/ and tell them about it. Give the URL of your blog and your email address so they can de-spam you.
justjennifer · Member · Sep 2, 2009 at 7:42 pm
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http://podz.wordpress.com/ Follow the instructions there.
daxterspeed · Member · Sep 4, 2009 at 1:58 pm
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There’s nothing from Akismet side… (Aka they don’t seem to have marked me somehow.)

And my comments still won’t show up. Do WordPress have a pre-installed spam-filter besides Akismet?

I’m seriously wondering what’s the problem.
thesacredpath · Member · Sep 4, 2009 at 3:02 pm
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No, it is akismet only. Go to my blog, http://opposablethumbz.wordpress.com/ and leave a comment so I can see what is happening to it.
daxterspeed · Member · Sep 5, 2009 at 1:44 pm
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I left a comment on: Mac OS X Snow Leopard first impressions.
thesacredpath · Member · Sep 5, 2009 at 2:01 pm
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You did get caught by akismet so you will have to contact them.
daxterspeed · Member · Sep 5, 2009 at 2:15 pm
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I already did. And they said that they haven’t listed me somehow.

May it be the IP that Akismet catches?
thesacredpath · Member · Sep 5, 2009 at 2:23 pm
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IP’s aren’t unique anymore, so no they don’t block by IP.

Contact them again and tell them you commented on my blog (give them the URL) and you were caught by akismet. I approved your comment so it is no longer in the spam queue, but I suspect they can still check it out.
yarnaholic · Member · Sep 5, 2009 at 2:33 pm
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Honestly, there’s really not much we can do about it here-it’s an Akismet problem, not a WordPress.com problem.

Just keep making comments and if they don’t appear on the blog you’re commenting on, then contact the blog owner and ask them to fish it out of their Spam comments. This is how Akismet (the program) learns. Also contact Akismet directly, as thesacredpath suggested.

(FWIW-I looked at the podz website and didn’t see any comment from you there, at least not under the username you’re using here.)
daxterspeed · Member · Sep 5, 2009 at 3:58 pm
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I’m using the same name.

But I’m pretty much sure that you guys have helped me as good as you can. So…
daxterspeed · Member · Sep 5, 2009 at 4:00 pm
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Sorry for double post but.

Akismet has now fixed the problem. I can now post without problems.
thesacredpath · Member · Sep 5, 2009 at 4:05 pm
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That’s great.
justjennifer · Member · Sep 5, 2009 at 4:16 pm
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Good news indeed. Nothing worse than finding you’re on the hot list when you shouldn’t be. (BTDT)

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