I have installed Spam Karma, a truly delightful WordPress plugin that kills spam dead. I decided I really had to get a move on after I discovered 158 “Please approve” messages sitting in my inbox this evening. I chose Spam Karma over some of the others because it discriminates and gives commenters a chance to prove that they aren’t spammers (using an image authenication test.) That being said, I really encourage everyone who thinks s/he will leave a comment sometime in the future to comment on this entry so that I can add you to the “safe list.” (I think one of Neale’s comments got caught by the default filter for no reason several entries back…)
It even emails you a list of the spam deleted, so that you can tweak the settings to your liking.
Tee hee hee hee hee.
[edit @ 11:29]: Tee hee hee. TAKE THAT! AND THAT! AND THAT! Spam Karma is great.