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Showing posts with label Akismet Auntie Spam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Akismet Auntie Spam. Show all posts

Thursday, April 3, 2008

[WORDPRESS] Auntie Spam and Comment Ninja updated for WP 2.5

Auntie Spam and Comment Ninja are updated for WP 2.5. They are still backwards compatible with WP 2.3
  • Akismet Auntie Spam - resize the view of the Akismet spam box to see more spam per page [FireFox+GreaseMonkey]
  • WordPress Comment Ninja - respond to commenters by email and on the blog all from the comment administration pannel [FireFox+GreaseMonkey]

Friday, November 16, 2007

[AKISMET] Akismet Auntie Spam v2.09

I'm done. I swear. Not going to touch it for a month. Promise.

2007/11/15 version 2.09
- bug fix: vanilla WordPress and WordPress.com return spam results a little differently

2007/11/15 version 2.08
- bug fix: fixed a stupid debug statement that was breaking 2.07
- added menu option for switching between HTTP and HTTPS for accessing Auntie Spam

2007/11/15 version 2.07
- bug fix: improved slowness of displaying hidden comments
- added menu option for checking for updates right now
- added menu option for configuring how much spam to download at a time for modem users

2007/11/15 version 2.06
- optimized, optimized, optimized
- only displays 5000 comments per page to avoid stressing slower computers
- will work for any language (not just english anymore)
- any additional slowness is because of a bug on the WordPress end that makes
you download the same spam over and over again: http://dev.wp-plugins.org/ticket/722
- my home PC can download and display 5000 spam in 30 seconds

2007/10/04 version 2.04

Click to install

Thursday, November 15, 2007

[AKISMET] Akismet Auntie Spam v2.07

Because why shouldn't a new release happen within hours of the last one?

2007/11/15 version 2.07
- bug fix: improved slowness of displaying hidden comments
- added menu option for checking for updates right now
- added menu option for configuring how much spam to download at a time for modem users

Click to install

(if you already have it installed you should get an automatic update sometime in the next two weeks)

[AKISMET] Akismet Auntie Spam v2.06

Our favorite Auntie has a new version.

2007/11/15 version 2.06
- optimized, optimized, optimized
- only displays 5000 comments per page to avoid stressing slower computers
- will work for any language (not just english anymore)
- any additional slowness is because of a bug on the WordPress end that makes
you download the same spam over and over again: http://dev.wp-plugins.org/ticket/722
- my home PC can download and display 5000 spam in 30 seconds

Click to install

(if you already have it installed you should get an automatic update sometime in the next two weeks)

Friday, October 5, 2007

[AKISMET] Akismet Auntie Spam v2.04

Our favorite Auntie has a new version.

2007/10/04 version 2.04
- Fixed (some) memory problems with v2.03
- Still slow, I need to get it working with a profiler, none of the hacks
for Greasemonkey + Firebug seem to work

New Firefox install - 38 mb
- 211 mb after loading auntie spam v2.03
- 48 mb after loading auntie spam v2.04

Click to install

(if you already have it installed you should get an automatic update sometime in the next two weeks)

Friday, September 14, 2007

[AKISMET] Akismet Auntie Spam Helper for Akismet v2

Version 2 is out, but you probably already know that. Read more about it.

akismet auntie spam helper script for akismet administration

Akismet Auntie Spam is a maintenance script for WordPress administrators. One of the problems with the Akismet spam protection service is that sometimes it misidentifies a real comment as spam. WordPress has a spam recovery console that I like to call the spam inbox.

Have you ever stuck your hand as far back at you can into the crannies of your couch and pulled out what you found? That’s kind of what going into the default Akismet spam inbox is like. It’s a dark and evil place, filled with things that will make your eyes burn. You only wanted to find the quarter you lost, but before you know it your hand is stuck and something is touching you back.

Akismet Auntie Spam is a kind old lady who will come to your house and give it a thorough cleaning. She’s not afraid of the dark corners, particularly the spam inbox because she knows exactly how to handle the creepy crawlies hiding out of sight.

Saturday, August 25, 2007

[WORDPRESS] Akismet Auntie Spam v2

This is a complete re-write of my Firefox add-on that makes the Akismet Admin Panel about 1 million times more useful. Expect a full post on Internet Duct Tape with all the features some time next week.

  • Rewrote from scratch using IP filtering idea from Donncha.
  • Will now fetch all of your spam comments and display them on one page.
  • Groups by the originating IP address.
  • Because it groups by IP address, the more spam you have, the more likely it is to correctly identify spam!
  • Sorted by the least number of spam comments to the most number of spam comments.
  • IP addresses with more than 5 comments are hidden (as the are likely spammers).
  • Can easily check the hidden text by moving your mouse over the parts that say [hidden]
  • Surprisingly much faster than the old version! (less code, too)
  • No longer has any confusing configuration options -- does the right thing all the time.
  • Automatically checks for script updates every two weeks.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

[WORDPRESS] Akismet Auntie Spam update

Ever have one of those weeks? Akismet has decided that all comments from me are spam and there's nothing I can do about it, other than politely emailing the blogs I regularly post to and asking them to go dumpster diving for me.

I've updated my Akismet Auntie Spam script for Firefox so that
-- Hovering over the "super compressed" spam gives you a preview with an option to mark it as not spam.
-- You can edit the script and enter keywords that you want to see pointed out as NOT SPAM. This is great for putting in your own blog name, or for putting in friends who always get marked as spam.

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