Hello James, thanks for your fast response, I understand now a bit better how Akismet works.
I do have Akismet active, and it does work properly because many messages get to the Spam folder without me noticing them. But it does not detect many others, and I get them on my email every day.
I can’t understand why storing hundreds of Spam messages for 15 days is better idea than preventing the Spam sender to post them in the first place. Also, the same way Akismet is not 100% effective filtering them off, there is the risk that legitimate messages get to the Spam folder too, making the contact form pretty useless to me.
I can’t risk missing messages from potential clients, and I don’t have time to log in every day to mark the spam messages that Akismet fails to filter off (I run many websites). I really don’t understand why something that has been requested for many years is still not available (even if I am very grateful with the other JetPack features).
In my opinion, a simple CAPTCHA, or even a test like a simple maths operation would make the great Jetpack’s contact form actually usable.
Thanks again for your time,
Jordi
