Fortunately for me I usually remember what I wrote and since I reply to so many comments they were copying my own words. That does make them easier to recognize.

I agree with Mr. I that Akismet is not stopping all spam. The drug spammers have figured out how to get past math and end up in the Akismet spam folder but at least their comments are short and easy to delete.

I have recently started deleting more short comments like the one above this that says “Thank you for the information” because they may annoy my readers. While all real commentators are welcome you have to find a balance that works for you.

I see the spammers have been here too. I haven’t tried Mr. I’s Defensio + Raven’s Anti Spam plugin combo yet because I don’t have the time to test right now to make sure it doesn’t eliminate real commentators too.