reCAPTCHA fail
January 22nd, 2009
Ok, I added a reCAPTCHA input to my comment form and I’m still getting spam comments. I think the volume is a bunch lower, but I really wasn’t keeping track before I added the plugin. All I know is that I’ve gotten six since about 7:30 this morning.
Now I have to decipher when posting random crap on your site!
From the reCAPTCHA site:
There are two common issues that make reCAPTCHA appear to be broken (i.e. if you are still seeing spam messages), but are actually not problems.
* Moderation emails: reCAPTCHA marks comments as spam, so if you get moderation emails when spam comments are sent, you will get moderation emails for all spam comments with reCAPTCHA. We highly recommend turning off moderation emails with reCAPTCHA.
* Trackbacks and Pingbacks: reCAPTCHA can’t do anything about pingbacks and trackbacks. You can disable pingbacks and trackbacks in Options | Discussion | Allow link notifications from other Weblogs (pingbacks and trackbacks).
whoa cool! a comment from someone other than Greg or fake K-Shell! I’ll follow up with you guys via email.