I’ll probably add another option in this combo when I can find the time: moderate comments when Akismet is unreachable (y/n)… That’ll be a nice backup plan…

That would be an awesome addition to an already fantastic module - great stuff!

Thanks for the info re Akismet’s server and editing the messages.

Check out version 1.1!

Adding the is-akismet-reachable-check turned out to be fairly easy.

thxs

Fantastic!!  Works like a charm.  Great stuff Lodewijk!  Thanks.

Seems there may be a small issue - or it could be something I am doing wrong.  Akismet is back up, but if you turn moderation off, teh viagra-test-123 comment gets through.  If you turn the moderation option back on, it seems to bypass Akismet altogether and just moderate.  Any ideas - is it me doing/not doing something or is there a minor bug?

Andy, I noticed it too. Some kind of bug, but I think I managed to squash it.

In ext.akismet_check.php, line 91, line 122, change:

to

Updated version is on my website.

Cool - I’ll give it a try - thanks for the super-fast response!

Great job Lodewijk!  I think my PHP ignorance let me down with the changes you suggested making, so I downloaded the new version, overwrote the extension file, and bingo, working like a dream.  Thanks again for this module, it is fantastic.

btw, source of the problem

Hi Lodewijk.  Sorry to potentially bring more head scratching to the table, but it seems that maybe the problem hasn’t gone away.  I got an e-mail from a guy who tried to leave a comment last night and got the dreaded ‘API Key not valid’ message.  Have I got the wrong files installed somewhere, or is this the same as before?  His comment wasn’t held in the moderation queue.  When I updated to the latest version, I only overwrote the extension - should I have done all the rest, too?  I suspect this is probably my error, but if you could throw any light on it, I’d be really grateful.  Thanks in advance.

I did some checking, and found that the code could be improved a teensy bit. The script handles responses from the akismet service in a better way, now. More fool-proof, so to speak.

Anyhoo, the slightly updated version is on my site (and I already PM’d you the new files, Andy).

Thanks Lodewijk

Sorry if this has been requested previously (I haven’t read through the whole thread) but is this possible…

When spam comments do get through for whatever reason, instead of simply deleting them can we possibly flag them as spam and delete as you can within the module?

smallbeer - 01 February 2007 06:29 AM

When spam comments do get through for whatever reason, instead of simply deleting them can we possibly flag them as spam and delete as you can within the module?

Sure you can. Just close the comments first and then delete them using the Akismet module.

ah right I didn’t realise that.  cheers.

Love this!!  Seems to be working well enough.  I’ll see how trackbacks go as that is my major problem.
I turned off CAPTCHAs as well to see what happens.  Wonderful work!  I didn’t even know something like this existed till today..lol.  IMHO, it needs to be integrated into an EE future update (with applicable TB moderation of course. )

Couple Questions. 

1) The moderate if unreachable option.  Does comment moderation have to be turned on in the weblog preferences for this to work or not?  I wouldn’t think so, but just thought I’d ask.

2) I noticed certain key words were highlighted in red when I was writing the comment part.  I never noticed that before (but it could be a Konqueror thing).  Does Akismet test against the comment content itself and URL,  or just the author/email.

I entered the viagra-test-123 as author and email and it was immediately denied as blacklisted for the email address.  However, when I used an innocuous author and email (me and me@me.com) the comment went through no problems.  The content was viagra, akismet, testing, and a bunch of other stuff.  The spam type words highlighted in red, but still went though.

I am probably gonna re-enable captchas as that stopped all my comment spam, but use Akismet for the trackbacks.  I was getting slammed with 50-100 a day before I disabled trackbacks about a year ago.  I turned them on from time to time to test the system, and in about 72 hours the slamming re-commenced.

So finally, in the vein of that last paragraph, a Feature Request.  An option for disabling comment checks like there is for trackbacks.  If I only need it for trackbacks, why have the overhead on the comment side. 

Thanks again.

Let me add to the compliments; this is a fantastic extension. I am wondering if you could explain how it gets called from within EE? Thanks!

I just installed this and it is definitely reducing the spam deluge, but a lot is still getting through. Any advice on how to change the settings? Improve the performance? All this comment spam is insane.