Blacklisted comments hitting my inbox.

  • Resolved sarahdimento

    (@sarahdimento)


    8 years, 11 months ago

    This wasn’t a problem before WordPress 4.4, but now comments I’ve blacklisted are being emailed to me for moderation rather than just being chucked in the trash. They’re still being chucked in the trash, but now WordPress has to TELL me about it with an email that makes it look like that spam isn’t being moderated at all with WordPress’ base tools.

    I’m not using Akismet on this install because I’ve already used my free account on a more important blog. Blacklisting words like “viagra” used to be enough to keep me from being bothered by spam, but now I can’t escape it. Is this a bug, or is there a new setting I have to change to get it to stop submitting already trashed comments for moderation?

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  • Hi, @sarahdimento! This is indeed a bug, see Trac Ticket #35006.

    Before 4.4, these comments would be placed in the spam folder, and now they get put in the trash folder (#34726); but unfortunately, right now the notification process only ignores spam comments (34250).

    The way I got around this problem was by disabling the trash altogether from my wp-config.php file (which forces the blacklisted emails to go straight to spam instead):

    define( 'EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS', 0 ); // Zero days

    However, this solution may not be right for everyone, because it means any posts or comments which get deleted will be deleted permanently immediately, instead of hanging out in the trash for 30 days — meaning, no option for recovery later if you change your mind.

    If you don’t want to go that drastic, you may just have to wait until they release a version of WordPress that fixes the bug (or hack the code directly if you’re that kind of girl. :D)

    The emails are really annoying. Please revert to the using the Spam folder for the Blacklist ASAP, as that is what should happen here.

    @edleckert The conversation in the original Trac Ticket #7051 explains the rationale for this change pretty well, i.e., there are several valid reasons for putting blacklisted comments in the Trash rather than Spam.

    Disagree 100%. Trash is for items I consciously delete. Spam is for spam. And I certainly don’t want them deleted immediately, in case of false positives.

    If someone feels this strongly about changing something controversial already years into production, it should be added as an option, not as a hard change for everyone.

    Guess I’ll have to fix it myself.

    Well, I’m not one of the WordPress core contributors, so disagreeing with me won’t get you anywhere. :p Maybe you should try submitting your feedback on one of the Trac Tickets I’ve already referenced in this thread, where someone on the dev team is more likely to see it.

    Thread Starter sarahdimento

    (@sarahdimento)

    Thanks, girlieworks. You temporary solution worked. I sure hope they fix it soon though. ??

    @sarahdimento This appears to be fixed in the recently released WordPress 4.4.1, so you should be okay to remove that line of code from your wp-config.php once you’ve updated to that version.

    Thread Starter sarahdimento

    (@sarahdimento)

    Thanks for letting me know. I’ve updated right away. ??

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