Other anti-spam services - Revision history

Dirk: TypePad AntiSpam was shut down

2013-03-20T11:48:56Z

TypePad AntiSpam was shut down

Dirk: Stop Forum Spam implemented in Geeklog 2.0.0

2013-03-20T11:47:10Z

Stop Forum Spam implemented in Geeklog 2.0.0

Dirk: moved information about other anti-spam services to a separate wiki page

2011-03-18T09:08:55Z

moved information about other anti-spam services to a separate wiki page

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= Other Anti-Spam Services =

A list of anti-spam services (other than SLV and Mollom) that could possibly be added to Geeklog as modules for the [[Spam-X Plugin]]:

== Akismet ==

[http://akismet.com/ Akismet] is associated with the WordPress blog platform. The service initially required a wordpress.com account, which made it not suitable for use in Geeklog (asking our users to sign up with a competitor's website would have looked odd). This requirement has since been dropped: You still need to sign up but can do so now from the Akismet homepage. The service is free (payments suggested, though. Commercial options are also available).

There is already an older version of an [http://gplugs.cvs.sourceforge.net/gplugs/akismet/ Akismet module] for Spam-X. It will probably need a review to check for API changes.

== Defensio ==

[http://defensio.com/ Defensio] is a service owned by security firm Websense. The service requires signup and is free "for all personal bloggers" (commercial options available).

== TypePad AntiSpam ==

[http://antispam.typepad.com/ TypePad AntiSpam] is, as the name implies, associated with the TypePad CMS. It is currently (still) in beta. The service requires signup and is free ("and will always be free" -- quote from the website).

== Stop Forum Spam ==

[http://www.stopforumspam.com/ Stop Forum Spam] is a private (one-man?) project. It doesn not require signup and is free.

Their API has an option to check for a poster's user name, which at first glance doesn't seem like a reliable criterion to detect spam (the API has other options as well). Michael Hampton (author of Bad Behavior) also [http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/2010/02/20/stop-forum-spam/ expressed some doubts] about the service.

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−	[http://antispam.typepad.com/ TypePad AntiSpam] is, as the name implies, associated with the TypePad CMS. It is currently (still) in beta. The service requires signup and is free ("and will always be free" -- quote from the website).

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 = Other Anti-Spam Services =
-A list of anti-spam services (other than SLV and Mollom) that could possibly be added to Geeklog as modules for the [[Spam-X Plugin]]:
+A list of anti-spam services (other than [http://linksleeve.org/ LinkSleeve/SLV] and [http://mollom.com/ Mollom]) that could possibly be added to Geeklog as modules for the [[Spam-X Plugin]]:
 == Akismet ==
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 [http://antispam.typepad.com/ TypePad AntiSpam] is, as the name implies, associated with the TypePad CMS. It is currently (still) in beta. The service requires signup and is free ("and will always be free" -- quote from the website).