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Hello,

I am totally new to Geeklog, but I love it. However I have one major question. Is it possible that also unregistered users could post comments under articles. This is a major thing for me. Can I fix it somehow?

Thanks

Mikulass

That's an option in your config.php:

$_CONF['commentsloginrequired'] = 0;

(0 = allowed for anonymous users, 1 = registered users only).

Anonymous comments are actually allowed per default, we only had to disable it here on geeklog.net because of the increasing amount of comment spam ...

bye, Dirk

Thanks a lot. I am glad that someone was willing to help me.

Comment spam is hitting many Geeklog sites, sites that have anonymous comments turned off.

Dirk, have you looked into any of these cases?

Sure, that has already been discussed here and on the mailing list.

Spam will continue to be a problem as long as people keep buying from spammers or visit their websites or do whatever else they try to accomplish with their spamming. It's a social problem and any attempts at a technical solution will only lead to an arms race.

Which doesn't mean that we're giving up just yet ...

bye, Dirk

Yes, but when bots are anonymously spamming the comments area even though anonymous comments have been turned OFF, it leads one to believe that there could also be a software issue.

Sorry, I misunderstood you there.

Yes, there was a bug that let you post comments even when anonymous comment posting was not allowed. That has been fixed in Geeklog 1.3.8-1sr3, though.

bye, Dirk