Comments - Overrun by spam

[msp_erv]

i am finfing my blog over run by spammers 'commenting' on my posts...

making administration of 'comments' impossible...

How can we put a stop to these spammers?

How can i get rid of these 1000's of unwanted comments in moderation?

App requires me to checkbox each one at at time -- not feasable....

thank you

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Install and configure the spamblock plugin, it comes wiht Serendipity.

You can view more comments on one screen, use the button "Invert selection" (or something like that) and it will check all comments on a page for you to delete afterwards.

Regards,
Garvin

[Don Chambers]

You can also get yourself an akismet key from wordpress.com, add that key to the spam protector plugin in the box provided.

[stm999999999]

BTW (it is long time ago I registrated for an askimet-key), can this one key used on several blogs/domains?

[WMK]

BTW (it is long time ago I registrated for an askimet-key), can this one key used on several blogs/domains?

It seems so, at least i use mine for several domains and afaik even on two different machines...

[msp_erv]

Spam Protector

A variety of methods to prevent comment spam
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i see this as installed

is this different than spam block?

i have done my very best to set what i have up...

there are captchas on every topic... old and new....

what more can i do?

many thanks

[msp_erv]

is there some way i can delete these unwanted 1,000's of comments using phpmyadmin or mysql so i do not have to sit here like some sort of damn fool clicking one at a time over and over, and over, and over, and over, and over to the end of time trying to delete htese damn comments that are a total waste of my time?

[Don Chambers]

Spam protector/spam block - same thing.

You can use phpMyAdmin to delete your comments.... you can also increase the number of comments shown per page to 20, 50 or "all". ... then, check the box next to the IP address of the first comment shown... then scroll to the page bottom and select "invert selections"... then scroll back up to the first one again and re-check it... at this point, ALL should be checked... then scroll back down to the bottom and click "delete selected comments".

[msp_erv]

many thanks

[rgurtzman]

You can also activate the 'nofollow' attribute to your blog. Many times just doing this will eliminate lots of spam because they will not get the full link value.

Hope this helps...