If Mollom isn't sure, it shows a capctha to be solved, as was the case with your post. If it's definitely not spam, it's allowed. If it's definitely spam, it's not allowed to be posted. Mollom is used on posts that make it past StopForumSpam to analyze not only the IP address but the actual content using a bayesian filter. StopForumSpam hard blocks and won't allow posts from IPs and emails that are known spammers and have been caught posting spam to other sites. Using Mollom and StopForumSpam, for instance, has allowed us to drastically cut down on the number of users forced to solve a captcha to post. DIY solutions simply won't work anymore for preventing forum spam without highly inconveniencing the user. The reason that StopForumSpam and Mollom work better is because they rely on reporting from 10s of 1,000s of websites to help block spammers as they pop up on new IP addresses and they post new spam content. If you're posting anything anywhere online ever, it's likely being sent through one or more spam filters. Even with reCapctha New-Style, email registration/confirmation, nofollow set on all forum links, StopForumSpam IP/email blacklisting, and Mollom bayesian filtering on content, we still have spam posts that get through that we have to manually filter. Requiring email registration, requiring solving of a math/word problem, and requiring captchas won't help. If you don't, your site is overrun with spam. Almost all public bulletin boards - including "simple" bulletin boards like phpBB, vBulletin, etc - and sites that allow public comments use an anti-spam plugin of one sort. It's used by sites that use content management systems like Drupal (that's us), WordPress, Radiant, etc as well as custom sites built with PHP, Java, and most other web tech. Once an app stops supporting XP, we generally just drop it from the compatibility list. I've removed the Windows XP details from the page. Oh, and thanks for your service years, it doesn't go amiss. Might seem small but I wouldn't have signed up and simple can't be sure of more (3rd) parties involved. devaluing things (and maybe responsibility is 50/50 between surfer and supplier). but all this data, regardless of how good the service (or sugar is) is getting out of hand. the more basic and less external companies involved the better / less chance of crossed wires / intentions on-line. and agree or disagree regardless of the help (changes my focus). I have no idea about "Mollom" and must read now at the same time as trying to help. MOD: Please delete my account after reading this (I only signed up as there was NO STANDARD EMAIL for these things I could find and seems it's involving Mollom- and as a suggestion/complaint at the same time I'd prefer something more basic. but maybe this is not it here for me and the sudden 'read this if you want to know' which 90-999% I'm sure don't (and this way of not reading cheapens life and data for me). less risky it seems to me for data-harvesting etc. This Mollom privacy policy is more clear now and only evident when I have already typed everything and clicked send! The wrong time to tell me and I'm conflicted / compramised at the time of helping as I like almost only the simple Bulletin Boards for it's basic technology. P.s seems I must use Mollom to send my message. I'm using XP Service Pack 3 and this link to the highest version 1.8.2.6 works on XP dated. it's also could be just me and installing a few version but since it was on another USB drive with different install I'm inclined to think versions past the one below simply aren't for XP or at least not supported. So 1.8.3 gave error during install and starting. I also tried to install versions after this (versions changes from 1.8.2.x to 1.8.3.x and now to continues from 5.x.x) I'm using XP Black (for those that might not know it's WinXP Service Pack 3 with the latest basic essentials and updated drivers - updated XP CD's are still uploaded monthly in 2015) You can still use XAMPP 1.8.2 if you want to." ".Xampp 1.8.3 contains PHP 5.5 which no longer supports Windows XP. It could also be wrong as it's version 1.8.3 which according to ApachFriends Forum ( ) doesn't work as it uses PHP 5.5. I think the PA's description needs information adding to it for Windows XP users ( ) For XAMPP (preconfigured server includes Apache, MySQL, and PHP so you can run most websites and webapps directly from it.)
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