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Akismet Is Eating MY Comments

 

Last night, I was at Open Comment Night on Successful Blog.  Not unusual, you say.  True, but when I made my first comment, it didn’t show.  I made a couple more comments and they didn’t show either.

Liz checked her Akismet, allowed the comments, and finally Turned Akismet off for the night.  This wasn’t the first time my comments had gotten eaten over there, but Liz resolved the problem.

 

Well, today, I was reading my E-mail and went to answer comments through the link to the post as usual.  I brought up the link and started writing a comment as I always do, without logging in.  But the Comment Wouldn’t Take.  I tried Commenting Again, and It Wouldn’t Take Either.

So, I brought up the Blog and Logged In, and the Third Comment Took.  I checked Aksimet, and lo and behold, there were my Two Previous Comments.  IN SPAM…

 

I did Test Comments on two of my other WordPress Blogs that use Akismet.  First Without Logging In.  SPAMMED ME…  I Logged In to each Blog and could comment without a problem.

 

I sent an E-mail to Akismet a few hours ago.  No answer yet, and I don’t expect one until Monday because of the Holiday.  I did look at their FAQ, and according to that, if I De-Spam the comments they will be Unlisted as Spam in their DataBase.

 

First Question… How did Akismet pick me up as Spam on My Own Blog?

Second Question… Why is there No Way to Allow certain URL’s or E-mails, or Whatever Criteria they use?

Third Question… I wonder if this has anything to do with Spammers Hijacking my E-mail?

 

This is an inconvience at the moment, I have to log in to make a comment.  I just don’t want it to become a larger problem and be rejected as a commenter on any Blog that uses Akismet.

So far, this is the only problem I have had with Akismet, BUT It’s a Big One…

 

Has anyone else run into this kind of thing with Akismet?  How did you resolve it?

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November 22nd, 2006 at 03:20pm | Posted by Joe | Akismet, Attitude, Rants, Spam, WordPress | 10 reader remarks | Print This Post

The Value of Old Posts

Way back in January, when I first installed the Verizon DSL using the Actiontec GT704WG Wirless Router I wrote about the problems I was having with the installation.

I also wrote of the solution I came up with after all the trials and tribulations I had dealing with the incompetent help line. That was actually 11 (eleven) months ago.

As things work out, someone sent me an E-mail to the Old Address that was still linked in the post on the New Blog asking if I could help them. It seems they were going through the same problem. They couldn’t come up with the Drivers for the equipment and couldn’t get any satisfaction from Verizon (same problem I was having way back when).

I uploaded the files for the fix to http://workingathomeinternet.com/actiontech they can be copied (downloaded) to a hard-drive. Restarting the computer should allow the system to find the proper Drivers.

Sorry, Verizon and Actiontec, but if it’s proprietary, then you should make if easier for your customers to access the Drivers.

The Moral:

The value for me is, someone found an Old Post related to their problem through a Google Search.

The value for them is they found the information they were looking for on an Old Post of mine through a Google Search.

The Old Posts Involved:

My Dilemma

It’s Finally Over

November 22nd, 2006 at 07:00am | Posted by Joe | Attitude, Basics, Blogging, Google, Keywords, SEO | 9 reader remarks | Print This Post