Marking as Spam vs Deleting?

  • Every time I post a new blog entry I get lots of “comments to be approved” that I guess are pingbacks or something like that (I get confused by all the blog terms).

    They are all spams – all about buying cheap drugs and whatnot. Usually a single new blog entry will generate about 10 of them.

    I have always gone in and done a bulk action, marking them as spam.

    But what I’ve never understand (and couldn’t find any documentation for) is what is the functional difference between deleting something and marking it as spam? In neither case does the comment end up getting published.

    What do people here do to help block automated spam comments?

    Thanks,

    doug
    https://lerner.net

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