{"id":16109,"date":"2015-12-10T14:58:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T18:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=16109"},"modified":"2015-12-10T15:03:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T19:03:27","slug":"swling-post-comments-some-getting-lost-in-our-spam-folder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/swling-post-comments-some-getting-lost-in-our-spam-folder\/","title":{"rendered":"SWLing Post comments&#8230;some getting lost in our SPAM folder?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16114\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Site-SPAM-Comments.jpg\" alt=\"Site-SPAM-Comments\" width=\"640\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Site-SPAM-Comments.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Site-SPAM-Comments-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>The <em>SWLing Post<\/em> has been online since 2008&#8211;plenty of time for SPAMbots to focus their attention on us! In fact, we receive a SPAM comment, on average, <em>every 3 minutes<\/em>! Way too many comments to moderate individually.<\/p>\n<p>To fight SPAM, we&#8217;ve employed a number of strategies over the years including site plugins, scripts, and external applications.<\/p>\n<p>It seems, though, that our SPAM filters are catching more than SPAM: <em>they&#8217;re catching your qualified comments!<\/em> \u00a0Several readers and contributors have contacted me recently and noted that their comments haven&#8217;t posted. I&#8217;ve had to search through the 4,000+ comments in the SPAM folder using their email address.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re a regular on the <em>SWLing Post<\/em> and submit a comment, but it doesn&#8217;t appear in the post&#8217;s comment thread, <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/contact\/\">please notify me<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that there are certain comments that are automatically moderated or sent to the SPAM folder:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Those from a new user (who has never had an approved comment)<\/li>\n<li>Those with multiple links to external sites (a characteristic of much SPAM)<\/li>\n<li>Comments with common profanity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If your comment is sent to moderation, no worries. There are a few volunteer\u00a0comment moderators that will approve it within minutes or, at most, a few hours.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll attempt to reset\/reinstall our SPAM plugins\/scripts\u00a0in the hopes that this will keep our filters from being over-active. \u00a0In the meantime, <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/contact\/\">please let me know<\/a> if your comment doesn&#8217;t post, yet meets the criteria above.<\/p>\n<p><em>Many thanks and apologies for the inconvenience!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SWLing Post has been online since 2008&#8211;plenty of time for SPAMbots to focus their attention on us! In fact, we receive a SPAM comment, on average, every 3 minutes! Way too many comments to moderate individually. To fight SPAM, we&#8217;ve employed a number of strategies over the years including site plugins, scripts, and external [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[997,755],"class_list":["post-16109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-comments","tag-swling-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4bP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27809,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/leaving-a-comment-recaptcha-is-back-for-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":16109,"position":0},"title":"Leaving a comment? reCaptcha is back&#8230;for now&#8230;","author":"Thomas","date":"August 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've been an SWLing Post contributor for a few years, you'll recall that we used to use Google's Captcha system to prevent SPAMbot comments on our site. 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New email subscription service up and running As we mentioned in previous posts, we are now using a new paid email subscription service (Aweber) for those who want to receive a daily digest of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zenith-Dial-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zenith-Dial-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zenith-Dial-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9739,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/the-tecsun-pl-660-and-pl-880-groups-have-disappeared\/","url_meta":{"origin":16109,"position":3},"title":"The Tecsun PL-660 and PL-880 groups have disappeared?","author":"Thomas","date":"May 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've gotten messages from several readers over the past two days noting that the Tecsun PL-880 and PL-660 Yahoo groups have vanished. 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When I look through my Tecsun PL-880 archived emails, I see that the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"This is the message you will find if you attempt to visit either Tecsun Yahoo group.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/YahooGroupMessage.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/YahooGroupMessage.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/YahooGroupMessage.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2911,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/media-network-will-be-closing-on-saturday-24-march-2012\/","url_meta":{"origin":16109,"position":4},"title":"Media Network will be closing on Saturday 24 March 2012","author":"Thomas","date":"March 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On Saturday, March 24, RNW's Andy Sennitt will be closing down his Media Network\u00a0blog. SWLing Post readers will recognize the name \"Media Network\" as I have referenced it many times as the source of news regarding international broadcasting. Andy posted the following message to his readers: Important announcement to all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/RNW.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":60531,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/join-us-become-a-contributor-for-the-swling-post\/","url_meta":{"origin":16109,"position":5},"title":"Join Us: Become a Contributor for the SWLing Post!","author":"Thomas","date":"September 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The SWLing Post has been online since 2008, and over the years, I've seen our readership grow into a vibrant, international community of radio enthusiasts who support each other. 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