Defensio Combo anti-spam module now available for ExpressionEngine.

The guys at Hop Studios have just released version 1.0 of their Defensio Combo module for EE. We’ve been testing it for awhile here at SEB and I’m happy to say that I like it better than Akismet. It makes use of the Defensio Anti-Spam service which not only learns from spam and flags it . . . → Read More: Defensio Combo anti-spam module now available for ExpressionEngine.

We’re back on Akismet for the time being.

Things are still a bit wonky with Defensio so I gave Justin some data on the comments being falsely marked as spam as well as some spammy ones falsely marked as OK and he’s going to go do that voodoo that he do and hopefully fix it up right. Meanwhile we’re back on Akismet until . . . → Read More: We’re back on Akismet for the time being.

Testing new version of Defensio.

[Update:] The module is still marking some legit comments as spam and moderating them, but it currently doesn’t tell you that your comment has been moderated. I’ve requested that they add that to it so folks won’t think their comments are just being dropped. I’ve also requested that they add an option to have it . . . → Read More: Testing new version of Defensio.