tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post6752200014954054506..comments2023-05-02T12:33:58.182+01:00Comments on Perpetually In Transit: Grrrrr! Perpetuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-22898291865356088032013-03-12T08:15:31.785+00:002013-03-12T08:15:31.785+00:00Bad luck, Nerima. We used to get a lot of spam ema...Bad luck, Nerima. We used to get a lot of spam email at one time, but our current ISP is very good at filtering it and we no longer have a problem. It sounds like Google is being targeted both with Gmail and Blogger, so let's hope they can improve their spam filters.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-51748478320335834662013-03-11T22:34:28.756+00:002013-03-11T22:34:28.756+00:00Perpetua,
I don't know about you, but I've...Perpetua,<br />I don't know about you, but I've started to get spam email for the first time. I have long used Gmail, and have never received spam in by InBox until recently. <br />Those spammers sure are getting good.nerima robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16397000496676038137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-25944892180263790332013-03-08T10:49:23.598+00:002013-03-08T10:49:23.598+00:00I never thought of balancing the excellence of Goo...I never thought of balancing the excellence of Google Reader against the current fallibility of their Blogger spam filter, but now you mention it I know which I prefer to have. Spam is a pain in the neck, but easily dealt with, but missing posts as often as the WP Reader appears to do would really annoy me.<br /><br />I'm with you on the word verification, but it's the numbers I find hardest now, as they are often so dark/faint/blurred as to be indistinguishable. I still persist on blogs I find worth commenting on, but it does give me pause at times and I'm always delighted to find blogs which continue to manage without it.<br /><br />There are half a dozen posts the spammers seem to concentrate on, so moderation on past posts has put a stop to any success, but the recent invasion on current posts is what prompted this post. Thankfully it's eased off a bit now. Crikey, 700 spam messages! If I ever had spam in those numbers, I'd stop comments on old posts at once.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-71861176425870264032013-03-07T10:47:24.674+00:002013-03-07T10:47:24.674+00:00WordPress spam filter is good as lots of others ha...WordPress spam filter is good as lots of others have said. Shame their Reader hasn't bothered notifying me of your posts. Still, rough (seas?) with the smooth and all that.<br /><br />Some years ago, Blogger had a terrible invasion of spam, and it must have really forced them to tighten things, up because then it just stopped. I suspect the same will happen again.<br /><br />I hate word verification with a vengeance, I much prefer partial or even total moderation (I don't think total is necessary on WP). I am so short-sighted I can see anything with my nose pressed up against it but the way Blogger runs the characters together sometimes makes it impossible.<br /><br />Akismet is excellent, although oddly I have had a couple creep through recently, so they are clearly targeting everywhere. I came back from a week off-line to find 700+ spam comments on roughseas, primarily on my About page so I have just stopped comments for now on there. Result: an immediate drop in spam. I have a vision of little spam bots speaking in spam bot language to each other saying 'Go target roughseas About page!'<br /><br />I tend to scan all of them (even 700) just to make sure a genuine person hasn't fallen through the net.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-60763631436457584942013-03-05T23:39:43.902+00:002013-03-05T23:39:43.902+00:00Glad to have been of help :DGlad to have been of help :DAnnie Cholewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608057589525908147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-58686965538429514162013-03-05T23:19:57.682+00:002013-03-05T23:19:57.682+00:00Gosh, how very kind of you, MM! I shall be across ...Gosh, how very kind of you, MM! I shall be across directly. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-5760103046301968032013-03-05T21:10:04.713+00:002013-03-05T21:10:04.713+00:00A right royal tea party! By the way, I nominated y...A right royal tea party! By the way, I nominated you for the Liebster award. More info here: http://multifariousmeanderings.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/and-the-award-winner-is-me/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-69460339879721173142013-03-05T11:31:30.981+00:002013-03-05T11:31:30.981+00:00Thanks. I do envy you the WordPress filter which i...Thanks. I do envy you the WordPress filter which is superb according to all I've read about it. The Blogger one used to do a perfectly adequate job before this new wave of spam was launched in the New Year. I'm hoping it's being upgraded as I type..... <br /><br />I've managed to avoid moderation on current posts so far and in two years have only once removed a comment that wasn't spam. I would hate to have to put it on all posts, as I love the way I sometimes find that readers have commented on other comments before I've had even chance to reply. It can get quite lively on here. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-19554334273396921372013-03-05T11:26:04.590+00:002013-03-05T11:26:04.590+00:00It's such a waste of good blogging time, but I...It's such a waste of good blogging time, but I've been following your excellent example. :-)<br /><br />Thanks for those two great tips. I think I'll pop them in as a postscript so that they get read by those who don't read comments. You're right, spam can be hilarious if we're in the mood, and I suppose it must get some results or why would people spend so much time and effort doing it?Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-5185198726181570492013-03-05T07:31:12.543+00:002013-03-05T07:31:12.543+00:00I commiserate. WordPress has a great spam filter, ...I commiserate. WordPress has a great spam filter, I've only found one legitimate comment in the spam folder in a year and no spam has ever got published. I moderate all comments; you never know if someone one can short of a six-pack is going to start throwing their toys out of the pram (it's not happened yet, but you never know.....). I have great fun reading through the spam folder though, as the English is appalling :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-70122809188451439832013-03-04T10:41:18.141+00:002013-03-04T10:41:18.141+00:00It's such a pain isn't it. But you are tac...It's such a pain isn't it. But you are tackling it the best way.<br /><br />Two things I don't think anyone else has covered in their comments (although I haven't read every one of them). One, never leave the spam comments on a post, just having links in place on a legitimate site gives the spammers legitimacy. And two, a quick scan of those comments the spam filter does pick up is all that's then necessary before deleting them ... just look at the end of the comments, phrases like 'my site' are a dead giveaway that you're looking at spam. Though if you have the time they can be hilarious to read through :)Annie Cholewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608057589525908147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-47239042313041751502013-03-04T09:58:32.744+00:002013-03-04T09:58:32.744+00:00That's interesting, Kerry. I can't see any...That's interesting, Kerry. I can't see any connection between the subjects of my posts and the spam I get. In the past the spammers used to target a handful of older posts, but recently they've started finding the latest one which is more of a nuisance. Numbers aren't large, thank goodness, but they do keep coming and no, I DON'T want a payday loan or to know how to buy a car with bad credit. :-) I'm not tempted to click on the links (my DH would never forgive me if I did!) so I just mark as spam and delete.<br /><br />Great news about the tinnitus. I do hope the improvement continues.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-64714600442396851902013-03-03T21:34:01.075+00:002013-03-03T21:34:01.075+00:00I find I get SPAM after I use certain words in my ...I find I get SPAM after I use certain words in my posts. If I mention clothing or bags I get all the fake bag stores. On the Illuminating blog award page I got hundreds of hits from e-mail list sellers and finance companies. Mentions of women or the word beginning with s for which I have a housework post and I get the porn sites.<br />Most of them get caught in my spam filter, the ones that tend to get through are the facebook ones. I never click the links as I don't have tile and I am afraid of viruses. <br />By the way, 2nd day without any aspartame and my tinnitus has reduced significantly. :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-6913389439352112522013-03-03T10:37:13.697+00:002013-03-03T10:37:13.697+00:00It is indeed! I do hope you spamfree status contin...It is indeed! I do hope you spamfree status continues. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-12723803966480176572013-03-02T22:58:24.494+00:002013-03-02T22:58:24.494+00:00So far I'm okay on my blog. But the word verif...So far I'm okay on my blog. But the word verification is getting harder!Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-89445550150450395882013-03-01T19:36:41.523+00:002013-03-01T19:36:41.523+00:00Cookie settings are in the security area of your b...Cookie settings are in the security area of your browser controls, Ayak, and you do need to allow cookies for Blogger to work properly. However, as you used to be able to use the 'subscribe by email' link and now can't, unless your cookie settings have changed I don't know what else to suggest. Sorry.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-60046459101897600152013-03-01T15:02:00.024+00:002013-03-01T15:02:00.024+00:00I have no idea really what to do about cookie sett...I have no idea really what to do about cookie settings. And they aren't going into a spam folder either. I've searched the Blogger help pages which is a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack, to no avail. Ah well, will just have to put up with it. Thanks anyway xxAyakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-6495206357072864142013-03-01T13:17:22.966+00:002013-03-01T13:17:22.966+00:00Reading stuff on the screen hasn't been easy f...Reading stuff on the screen hasn't been easy for a while, Debra, hence my dislike of word verification, but I have my coping mechanisms. :-) The new-style spam messages look much more like ordinary comments at first sight, which is, I think, why the Blogger spam filter is letting them through in such numbers. I wouldn't call it a real deluge as far as I'm concerned, but it's a very steady trickle, rather than the occasional drop I've had in the past. Still, training a spam filter could be called useful mental exercise..... :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-40565850387062592112013-03-01T13:13:18.255+00:002013-03-01T13:13:18.255+00:00What a shame this new wave of spam has hit just as...What a shame this new wave of spam has hit just as you were hoping to take off comment moderation. As long as we all keep marking it as spam before deleting, hopefully the spam filter will catch up with the new-format messages and the amount it misses will decrease.<br /><br />As far as your other problem is concerned, I had the same happen to me for a few days at the end of last year, but then it all went back to normal. Could it perhaps be something to do with your cookie settings? Or could your ISP be putting all Blogger messages in a spam folder rather than letting you see/download them? I'm afraid these are random suggestions as I really don't know why it's happening all the time to you.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-49788786151602902982013-03-01T13:07:30.047+00:002013-03-01T13:07:30.047+00:00Kathy, I seem to remember your mentioning that a c...Kathy, I seem to remember your mentioning that a couple of your recent posts has been getting a lot of hits. Unfortunately that would be quite enough to attract the spammers' attention, with the results we all know and hate. I hadn't heard about the hijacking of Rosaria's blog and had thought that more often happened to dormant blogs which have no-one managing them any longer.<br /><br />If you are measuring pageviews using Blogger's own stats a sudden rise in numbers could simply be referrer spam, which distorts your pageview totals but is otherwise harmless. I've had it happen to me in the past, which is why the only pageview totals I pay any attention to are those from my third-party StatCounter monitor which is much more reliable.<br /><br />The recent rise in spam messages which aren't picked up by the spam filter is being widely experienced over the past month or so, hence my determination to mark all of them as spam to help improve the filter. They're annoying, but I don't think they represent as threat to any individual blog.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-34902861981259673122013-03-01T11:54:40.891+00:002013-03-01T11:54:40.891+00:00I can't help with Mac Mail, Dee, as I'm on...I can't help with Mac Mail, Dee, as I'm on a PC and Windows Live Mail, but marking the email notification messages as spam will put them into the spam folder on your dashboard, from where you can delete them.<br /><br />Alternatively, if you go to your dashboard to moderate and publish your comments, make sure you don't just delete the spam comments but instead click on 'spam' underneath each one, which will move it to the spam folder and help the filter to learn to recognise it as spam. <br /><br />If this still doesn't make sense, just email me and i'll go through it it more detail.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-20061072406204031012013-03-01T11:43:18.570+00:002013-03-01T11:43:18.570+00:00Your word verification doesn't really bother m...Your word verification doesn't really bother me, as the words often make sense and I can mostly do it straight away. Blogger's version is different and MUCH harder to read.<br /><br />I think it would take a lot more than some irritating spam to put me off blogging and I even take satisfaction in trying to improve the spam filter. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-47468392980320556932013-03-01T11:39:19.868+00:002013-03-01T11:39:19.868+00:00Makes me wonder what my spam says about me. :-)Makes me wonder what my spam says about me. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-38056499308578935972013-03-01T08:25:29.808+00:002013-03-01T08:25:29.808+00:00I'm so sorry you're being deluged with thi...I'm so sorry you're being deluged with this nonsense, Perpetua. I don't have too much problem with it, but I read others who speak of having trouble. If it's like other problems I've encountered in the blogosphere, it's just as likely to go away on its own before you ever begin to figure it out! It's not fair that this is happening to you right now while you're waiting for your new and refreshed eyes! All that reading isn't much fun right now, I'd presume! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-24863709850563691612013-03-01T04:21:23.860+00:002013-03-01T04:21:23.860+00:00I've had comment moderation on for quite some ...I've had comment moderation on for quite some time now and was thinking recently of removing it, as Blogger seemed to be dealing with the spam. However it's just not working now. Not only do I get hundreds in my spam box, they are in my awaiting moderation box too.<br /><br />One thing you might have a solution for (as you are good at this sort of thing)...I used to receive emails for all comments, as well as emails from other blogs on which I had commented. This is no longer happening and I don't understand why. It's annoying because I have to keep revisiting blogs to check that my comment has appeared and also to see the response from the blogger. I still click the "notify me by email" after the comment on other blogs, but it makes no difference.<br /><br />Ayakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.com