Defensio-spam-fighter Few days back, I’d mentioned about Defensio, a spam filter solution which was welcomed by Automattic and even though they are the competition. However, I’ll say that I’ve fallen for Defensio and the reason is simple, I get better result from Defensio.

Although, the details of the stopped spam is provided by Akismet but it’s not as detailed as Defensio, so I can’t say the difference between the two but certainly I’m getting less automated emails as far as undetected spam is concerned.

On this blog, I used to get 2-3 emails everyday, which wanted me to take some step against some comment and that was when I was using Akismet but when I used Defensio, I was fairly impressed as the number of email which I received got down to 1 in 2-3 days.

What I loved about Defensio is that it lets you sort the caught messages by Spaminess and thus it becomes pretty easy to find out a false positive!

Anyway, here is the current stats of the blog :

    • Recent accuracy: 99.61%
    • 5567 spam
    • 25 legitimate comments
    • 17 false negatives (undetected spam)
    • 7 false positives (legitimate comments identified as spam)

Good work Defensio! What about you, are you using Defensio or are you using Akismet ? If you are using Defensio then what is your experience with it ?


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  1. Aseem Kishore
    November 30th, 2007 at 3:49 pm #

    So you think this is better than using Askimet for Wordpress blogs?? If so, I might give it a try. Thanks

  2. Shashank
    November 30th, 2007 at 4:15 pm #

    presently i am using Akismet and it’s been doing a perfect job in eating out spams..you said about automated emails not comments?

  3. ReviewSaurus
    November 30th, 2007 at 4:36 pm #

    @ Aseem : Yes, i think its better than akismet as far my experience goes.

    @ Shashank : Akismet is good and I don’t deny its cool too but I still think that Defensio is slightly better than Akismet. Do try it out.

  4. Syahid Ali
    December 5th, 2007 at 3:39 pm #

    Looks interesting. Can this be run simultaneously with Akismet. 2 spam protection working at the same should be good, do you think so?

  5. Schonhose
    December 13th, 2007 at 8:56 pm #

    Syahid Ali: Defensio cannot work with Akismet. It is either Defensio or Akismet in this case. Akismet will have a serious influence on the results for Defensio. Defensio learns from your comments and especially in the initial learning phase it needs all comments, not only leftovers by Akismet.

  6. Mahesh K Bhat
    April 19th, 2008 at 4:05 am #

    Akismet Failing – Defensio Or Mollum?…

  7. Padma Lakshmi
    June 18th, 2008 at 9:15 pm #

    Hey!…I Googled for with padma lakshmi, but found your page about ve fallen for Defensio – WordPress Comment-spam fighter! | ReviewSaurus – The Techie Dino!…and have to say thanks. nice read.

  8. Padma Lakshmi
    June 18th, 2008 at 9:23 pm #

    Hey!…I Googled for by padma lakshmi, but found your page about ve fallen for Defensio – WordPress Comment-spam fighter! | ReviewSaurus – The Techie Dino!…and have to say thanks. nice read.

  9. türk rap
    February 17th, 2009 at 8:37 pm #

    Yes, i think its better than akismet as far my experience goes

  10. cinsellik
    April 9th, 2009 at 10:28 pm #

    "Can this be run simultaneously with Akismet"
    thanks

  11. Alice Hall
    April 21st, 2009 at 12:06 pm #

    well i m also having the same query will akismet work simultaneusly with WordPress Comment-spam fighter!

  12. Sophie Elise
    June 24th, 2009 at 8:37 am #

    I'm used to akismet on my website. Is this less complicated than Akismet?

  13. cold sores
    July 19th, 2009 at 2:06 pm #

    There is no spam comments in my site.But I received a lot of spam letters in my email.Maybe I leave my email in mysite.sometimes if I want to enter a website.and i leave my email too.

  14. Sooran
    September 15th, 2009 at 9:39 am #

    very Good
    Tanck

  15. Import Export
    December 2nd, 2009 at 9:00 am #

    Looks interesting! Thanks for sharing an info!

  16. Berufsbekleidung
    December 10th, 2009 at 8:17 pm #

    Yes, i think its better than akismet as far my experience goes

  17. MMO Server
    March 13th, 2010 at 1:13 pm #

    askismet is the best WP plugin

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