As you know, some people commenting here told me they went into trouble, even when they were logged in. I found out why. The anti-spam plugin “-WP Spam Free”- does not exempt registered blog users from its anti-spam checking. It only exempts the administrator (me). That’-s absurd. (See the WP forum.) The registered users of Midas Oracle should be trusted a priori.
I didn’-t know that. When some commenters complained to me, I thought they were completely drunk. Sorry for that, folks.
Which is why the plugin “-WP Spam Free”- is out (until its author comes back to his sense), and “-Bad Behavior”- is in.
Commenters, let me know whether the problems you got while trying to comment on Midas Oracle have disappeared. Thanks. I promise I’-ll trust you, this time. 
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Our previous post on the topic of registration (which is recommended).
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UPDATE: Bad Behavior proved to be good for my blog users, but lately, I endured an attack of spam comments (60 last night). So, I did disable Bad Behavior and re-enable WP Spam Free for a while…- I’-ll see what to do next…- If you encounter problems, e-mail me. I think you should accept cookies and have JavaScript enabled in your browser…-
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Hey Chris. Sorry to hear about problems you’ve been having with the plugin. I would like to point out one thing though. It’s not absurd to not give registered users free access to comment without being checked by the spam plugin, because there are ways to automate the registration process and spammers still use registered accounts. Also, you may have great and trusted users here on this blog but not everyone does. I’m glad you’ve found a suitable spam plugin even if it’s not WP-SpamFree. But please know that every feature that has gone into the plugin has received much thought and is there for a reason.
@WebGeek: I use SABRE to combat spammers who want to register. Plus, each new comment is moderated, when it’s the commenter’s first time, here.
http://didier.lorphelin.free.f…..ess/sabre/
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For WP Spam Free, which is otherwise great, I would suggest that you have the option to trust all register blog users, if the administrator wants that.
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Thanks.
Well, Bad Behavior doesn’t necessarily trust your registered users either. But I’ll bet you an ounce of .999 fine silver that none of them have any problems.
@Michael Hampton: Bad Behaviour (even in its strict more) let pass more spams than WP Spam Free. However, my blog users tell me Bad Behaviour don’t bother them, whereas I had testimony that WP Spam Free bothered them.
Hey Chris. Sorry to hear about problems you’ve been having with the plugin. I would like to point out one thing though. It’s not absurd to not give registered users free access to comment without being checked by the spam plugin, because there are ways to automate the registration process and spammers still use registered accounts. Also, you may have great and trusted users here on this blog but not everyone does. I’m glad you’ve found a suitable spam plugin even if it’s not WP-SpamFree. But please know that every feature that has gone into the plugin has received much thought and is there for a reason.
@WebGeek: I use SABRE to combat spammers who want to register. Plus, each new comment is moderated, when it’s the commenter’s first time, here.
http://didier.lorphelin.free.f…..ess/sabre/
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For WP Spam Free, which is otherwise great, I would suggest that you have the option to trust all register blog users, if the administrator wants that.
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Thanks.
Well, Bad Behavior doesn’t necessarily trust your registered users either. But I’ll bet you an ounce of .999 fine silver that none of them have any problems.
@Michael Hampton: Bad Behaviour (even in its strict more) let pass more spams than WP Spam Free. However, my blog users tell me Bad Behaviour don’t bother them, whereas I had testimony that WP Spam Free bothered them.