Changes… going through changes, cont’d
In trying to figure out why Akismet suddenly broke, I isolated the part of the code that calls akismet.com, and ran that alone. The results showed that instead of contacting akismet.com, the server is trying to contact a search engine looking for akismet.com. So I logged in and tried using lynx and mozilla to pull up a couple of sites, and the same thing happens. I figure my host must have suddenly blocked port 80, so I contacted them and asked what’s up. Hopefully that is the situation, and I can get them to whitelist akismet.com and be back to business as usual. Otherwise I haven’t a clue on how to proceed, other than to pay them to do some sysadmin detective work.
Either way, I’m tired of working with Spam Karma — I have only a fuzzy idea of how it works, and the fact that it’s entirely on a system of rules makes me feel Akismet, which gathers information on what is spam and what is not from many sources and uses this to make its decisions, has to be more competent.
Possibly relevant posts:
- Changes… going through changes (6/28/2007)
- Further notes on spamming (6/16/2005)
- Problems posting comments? (6/26/2005)