WordPress Plugin: PXSMail with Akismet
ADVERTISEMENTSThese days I have been getting spam mails send using the contact form on this blog. Some of these mails look like
Britney wrote:
You have a wonderful website here. May God rich bless you always.
Nicole wrote:
Looking for information and found it at this great site
Just while I was thinking of a way to avoid this, Mark (from Weblog Tools Collection) came up with a plugin that adds the Akismet comment test to the PSXMail plugin. Inorder to use this plugin you have to have Akismet installed and activated as a plugin already with a valid Akismet Key.
Installation
Download the zip file, unzip, upload to your plugin directory and activate. Then create a new page and enter { mailform } (without spaces) where you want the form.
My Thoughts
It would be useful if the plugin allowed us to see separately the mails that were caught by Akismet and an option to de-spam mails that are not spam.
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Posted on February 19th, 2007 | Category: WordPress Plugins |
Alex
February 19, 2007 at 7:39 am
Nice, a plugin that adds more functionality to a plugin
Oddly enough I don’t get spam via my contact form, only comment spam.
Ashish Mohta
February 19, 2007 at 8:35 am
That was my first thought too.They can better provide a management within the plugins itself than putting in aksimat
Targeted Web Traffic
February 19, 2007 at 1:53 pm
That’s a nice plugin, thanks!
Alpesh Nakar
February 19, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Hi John,
As pinged to Mark, I have blogged about killer combo to beat the spam.
Check it out here.
Cheers
Alpesh
Garry
February 28, 2007 at 11:53 pm
John,
This is just what I need. I have been forced to change the URL to my contact forms because of spam. It usually takes a few weeks before I can’t stand it any longer, then I change the url… but with this plugin, it should really fix the spam?
I will download and install this right away!
Ashish Mohta
March 2, 2007 at 8:07 am
: Did u ask the author if it can be caught in a separate spam contrlller? I hope you keep this page updated
JohnTP
March 2, 2007 at 9:42 am
Ashish- First of all, I am not that pleased with this plugin as I still get spam. I will let you know if I find a better plugin.
wildbluff_matt
March 3, 2007 at 12:50 am
I activated Akismet but was told I needed the key which I could only get w/ a wordpress.com account. So, um, does that mean I can only use it if they’re hosting. Sorry for the potentially dumb question. Thanks.
chatca
March 5, 2007 at 12:46 pm
how can akismet can detect spam?