Spam and eggs, spam and bacon, spam and eggs and spam, spam and spam and spam…

bad_daySTOP PRESS: Friday 19th July well it appears that the problem has been fixed for all my UK buddies, but there are a few glitches such as my receiving multiple notifications by email if you comment on one of my posts, and I can’t comment on individual photos in a gallery, but I do have a voice again – so thank you Akismet support for getting this very irritating problem fixed. I do think the communication from WordPress could have been handled better, but all’s well that ends well. I hope 🙂

Last Forum Post

The problem appears to be fixed now.  If you’re in the UK, and you’re still experiencing the issue, please let us know, especially if you’re a BT or Sky customer: http://akismet.com/contact/    We’re still investigating the underlying cause.  It seems to be a network-related issue specific to some UK broadband networks and affecting only WordPress.com.  If we can publish more details than that then we will. If you’re not in the UK then your problem is not the one being discussed in this thread.

Spam and eggs, spam and bacon, spam and eggs and spam, spam and spam and spam… where it all began (and apologies to Monty Python fans)

For a week now (it all began on Monday 8th July) I have been unable to post comments on other blogs. I enter a comment, then click the “post comment” button… and nothing happens. I am back to the top of the post, and when I scroll down, my comment is not showing. I apologise to those bloggers whose posts I often comment on – I am not ignoring you!

Searching through Google I came across a blogger with a similar problem over a year ago and it appears that my comments may be going into your spam folder. Why this should happen on blogs where I regularly post I do not know, but maybe if you usually hear from me then you could check your spam and see if there are any comments from me in there. If there are and you accept them, then my comments should be accepted in the future, though this does not seem to apply to comments on photos in galleries 😦

I have reported this to WordPress and Akismet, so hopefully the problem will soon be resolved. 🙂

If you are having a similar problem then visit this site http://akismet.com/contact/
and enter a question such as “I am having problems commenting” and a form will appear, with “All of my comments are being marked as spam“ fill in the form and select the option “I think Akismet is catching my comments by mistake”

You need to be patient as they queue work tickets from oldest to newest so it may take a while! And  I have since learned that there may be problems with the form getting through to them too. If that is the case then email direct to: support [at] akismet [dot] com

You can follow any progress on this Support Forum post (topic now closed as of 17th July)

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-cant-seem-to-comment?replies=24

or any further updates on this one

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-your-comments-being-marked-as-spam?

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Heyjude

I have lived in the UK for most of my life, but when young I definitely had wanderlust and even ended up living in South Africa for several years which was a wonderful experience. I now look forward to a long and leisurely retirement doing what I like most - gardening, photography, walking and travelling.

32 thoughts on “Spam and eggs, spam and bacon, spam and eggs and spam, spam and spam and spam…”

    1. Hi Sarah, have you checked to see if there is something from me? I think I posted a comment yesterday. If there is, then please accept it so I can comment again. It is very annoying and I don’t understand how this can happen on sites I regularly comment on.

  2. I have had that problem with some sites where I have tried to comment. I just concluded that they didn’t want my comments, so were blocking me in some way!
    I have nothing from you in my spam folder Jude, so I seem to be getting them (the last one at least) OK. Pete. x

    1. Only working on those blogs where I have managed to contact the blogger and they have found a comment from me in their spam folder and approved it. I still can’t comment on other blogs!

  4. Hi Jude, so here I am commenting and hoping you catch this in your spam folder so that you can approve it! Thanks for the great advice here, describing exactly the same problem I am having with this. What a pain!

    1. Thanks for your email Sherri. If it isn’t Akismet at fault I don’t know what to do! Will keep you informed.
      J xx

    1. Thanks Lisa, really weird why this has started happening. I shall start checking my spam folder more often to see what is being caught!

  6. I noticed with your comment that it was in my spam folder. No problem for me, I very quickly notice what really is spam and what is not, and your comment definitely was not spam so I let it in with no problem. As long as you do not want to sell me an insurance or sun glasses or whatever, it’s OK

    1. Ah, thank you for finding and approving it! This spam issue is a real pain. I hope they get it fixed soon!
      Jude xx

    1. Very frustrating Karen, and still not sorted 😦
      I think WP are passing the problem onto Akismet, who are probably swamped with requests at the moment. Well, they are being AWFULLY quiet on the subject!
      Just keep checking your spam folder, you never know what lovely person may be trapped inside 😉

        2. Hi again Jude, just checking in to say…guess what? I STILL can’t comment on other blogs. This is another test to see if this goes back into your spam. I’ve just emailed Mark YET AGAIN to say that the issue isn’t resolved as he said it was. I just wish they would tell us what the heck is going on…aaaarrrrrghhhhh!

  9. That must be very annoying for sure and don’t worry. I usually work from my dashboard and do see if there is any spam and unfortunately you were in the spam box but I retrieved it…so no problem there. I hope this get sorted out soon for all of you. Thank you very much for the lovely visit and comment on my blog. Much appreciated. 😀 *hugs*

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