solved Using Akismet (Spam Blocker module)

I am trying to set up the Akismet-based spam blocker on my site.

1. This information is given in documentation:

"When a new user signs up to your site, you can put them in a probation period where everything they post is run through the spam filters, you can strip all the HTML they post and take action on URL's they post."

For most new users, is there any obvious effect of running this?
Will everyone be waiting (the probation period) while their message is checked?
Will all messages be stripped until proven innocent?
Or does it mean that only messages in which Akismet finds risky wil be stripped and put on probation? (I hope so).

2. At the Akismet site, I could not see any option for a free service, so paid 3,000 yen for an annual subscription (basic, personal). An API key was generated, and I have loaded this into the system on my JR site.

3. After looking around my account page at Akismet, I found a button for "Add site". This accepted the http://yoursite URL. I am hoping that this is OK.

No need to enter it as https//: ? (with s added).



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PJ Matthews, Kyoto
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updated by @researchcooperative: 09/20/17 07:47:12PM

Yes, your new users will notice it if they post a link. they will post:
and since they are not allowed to post external links yet it will display as

Enter whatever url your site runs on, if thats https use that I would expect, if its http use that.

There are some instructions here on akismet for free:
https://wptavern.com/is-akismet-still-free

Not sure if its still relevant or not.

@michael

Not sure now how I set up Akismet, but today for the first time that I could see, it intercepted a profile creation and flagged it as spam.

I looked at the post, and indeed it was spam - an irrelevant and seemingly harmless Turkey travel advert with sexy beach picture that could contain who knows what lurking danger.

When I went to delete the User Account, I was given the choice of the account only, or account and profiles. So I chose the later, and nothing happened. So then I set a block on the User Account. And then I found two associated profiles and looked at those. All spam. Deleted each profile individually, and then went back to the blocked User Account.

Pressed delete, and Bingo, no account. All gone.

Not sure how it all worked, but in the end we got there, and the account and its associated profiles are all gone.

Thanks.

P.


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PJ Matthews, Kyoto
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updated by @researchcooperative: 06/22/17 05:04:40AM

Awesome !!