The Darkest Evil

Okay, there are numerous ways to stop the spamming of your blog. I have listed a few tools that you could use to protect YOUR blog from spammers. But remember that no tool is perfect and you should only run one anti-spam tool at a time because a lot of times, they don’t play well.

But remember that your settings could mean the difference between spammers gaining power over your blog and true bliss. In WordPress, I have set the Discussion Options to require that the Comment Author must have a previously approved comment and they have to fill out their name and e-mail.

Spam-Proofing Plugins

• Akismet - Personally, this is the spammer-proofing tool I use. It is coded by the good people at Automattic. It’s free for personal use and developers have made ports for Movable Type, Drupal, Geeklog and b2evolution. You can find more tools at http://akismet.com/development/.

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