Over the past couple of weeks, I have been receiving 7-9 pages of Spam comments daily, and at least 5 pages of Trash, or more. I have done my best to sift through all the nonsense in the hope of finding genuine comments, and managed to retrieve at least 10 this week.
But I no longer have the time or the inclination to do this, so I am apologising in advance for any of your comments that do not appear.
From today, I will be applying ‘Bulk Delete’ on all of it.
beetleypete 
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Go for the bulk delete. If one of my messages doesn’t appear, I’ll send it again.
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Thanks for that, Peggy.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete, I have been lucky to not have this issue with the exception of a couple once in awhile. If it ever got to the degree yours has, I surely would be frustrated.
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Thanks, Bruce. I think it depends on how many posts are available for them to Spam a comment on. It has been getting worse for me, year on year.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’ve gotten into the habit of copying my comments so that I can past them into an email to you later if necessary. Sometimes my comments do not post, as you know, and end up in trash or spam.
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I can only assume the length of some of your comments triggers that. But keep letting me know when it happens, and I will try to retrieve them before deleting.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That’s the downside of popularity. My Spam is relatively manageable (ie. barely existent)
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I suppose the more posts you put up, the more they have to Spam. 🙂
Thanks, Cathy.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Ah that’s a shame. So much spam everywhere at the moment.
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Yes, it is definitely on the increase, Wrookie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I am already bulk deleting, Pete as this has going on for the best part of a year now all motor homes and other drivel x
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Thanks, Carol. I will have to go back to doing that, sadly.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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I do not know what happened but I am getting fewer Spam these days….not that I am bitching just amazed that I am so lucky, LOL chuq
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I think it picks up on certain topics in Google searches and blog posts, chuq. Glad to hear you get less than me.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Quite annoying, isn’t it?
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It just wastes time, Arlene. So I am going back to deleting in bulk.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I also have comments set to close after 90 days. It seems to work. Most of my spam comes on my Travel Words blog for some reason and mostly those RV and camper ones.
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Thanks, Jude. As long as I still get quite a few genuine comments on old posts, I will leave the comments open.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Time wasters. Way back when someone thought it would be a good idea if we all went to a time management seminar. As above, we were told deleting a communication over 60 days old had a .3 % chance of biting you in the ass. Or, to quote an author, “If you want to fly, you got to give up the sh*t that weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison
Good luck!
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Thanks, Phil. I will stick with the bulk delete for now, and see how that goes.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Don’t worry, Pete. Most bloggers know of the issue and the warning will help as well. I also have Akismet turned on and close the comments on old posts. If you have the comments closed, people will comment elsewhere, or you could include a contact form for those who would like to contact about something specific, perhaps. But you’re right. Life is too short.
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Thanks, Olga. I get around 7-10% of my genuine comments on older posts, so I am reluctant to close comments.
Best wishes, Pete.
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It has gotten worse Pete…I always bulk delta as it’s so tiring to go through the pages looking for a safe comment…
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As from today, that’s what I am doing, John.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I don’t blame you Pete. It’s such a waste of time.
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I will have to abandon the few genuine comments that slip through, Carolyn.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Looks like I’ll have to stop telling you of the great deals on people carriers to be had in America!! Oh! and how you could improve your Google rating.
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Thanks for letting me know it was you, David. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Do you have Akismet enabled? That seems to stop most of the rubbish coming into my blog.
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Yes, I do. It goes to the Spam and Trash folders, not onto my blog. However, so do many genuine comments that I try to recover from those folders, Annabelle. But sadly I can no longer justify the time to do that.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I think you’ve made the right decision. The volume of spam you’re getting is out of control.
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Thanks, Liz. I feel responsible for ‘lost comments’, but all this is taking up too much time.
Best wishes, Pete.
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You’re welcome, Pete.
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I used to get hundreds of spam comments daily. Then I went to my “Discussion” settings and set comments to close after 60 days from the date posted. Now I get maybe 5 to as much as 20 spam comments a day, which is much easier to manage than 200-300 a day.
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Thanks, Fandango. I still get a lot of comments on old posts. That has made me reluctant to close comments. But it’s a valuable tip.
Best wishes, Pete.
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It’s a choice. Do you want to deal with hundreds of spam comments daily for the very small percentage of comments you get on posts over 60 or even 90 days old? Or do you want to cut down your spam comments to a relatively small, manageable number and sacrifice the few comments you might get on older posts? I chose the latter and I don’t regret that choice at all.
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Totally understandable
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It has gone crazy this summer, Christina. The most Spam/Trash I can recall in 10 years.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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I have eliminated 98% of my spam by turning comments off on older posts. I get so few comments on posts over 45 days it was a perfect trade off for me.
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That’s a good tip, Maggie.
(I do still get many comments on older posts though.)
Best wishes, Pete.
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Turning off comments on older posts has worked for me also. (People who are dedicated about commenting often find a newer post/author’s page to leave a message ( and reference older posts sometimes)
Spam seems to come in waves
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This got you put in Spam! 🙂
It is definitely a big ‘wave’ at the moment. PMH.
Best wishes, Pete.
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You could try for a few days and see if it helps. If us easy to switch back.
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I have a ton of spam too, but I think most of it is actually spam? I’ll going to pop over and see what’s in there. Thanks for the heads up, hugs, C
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Thanks, Cheryl. I have tried hard to find the real comments, but the last few weeks it has got out of control.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Sounds good. Don’t waste precious time. (((HUG to OLLIE)))
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Thanks dear Lara. He is currently fast asleep, and snoring loudly! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete. x
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That’s fair enough, Pete
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Thanks, Sue. The sheer volume of the rubbish is getting out of control.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Indeed
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