Sorry, but I have finally completely removed the SK1 archive, as it was no longer effective in any way against spam and only detrimental to legit users (which in turn generated way too many angry complaint mails).

If you have no way of updating WP to at least 1.5, then I would recommend checking on http://wp-plugins.net for other anti-spam options that work on WP1.2. I have recently gone over the different anti-spam stategiesout there and their efficiency… Feel free to have a look and pick a plugin (maybe captcha?) that will do a much better work than SK1 could have ever done…

Cheers and good luck!

Any help anyone?

One comment – my SK2 install [WP 1.5.1.3 with a customized template] complained about the encrypted payload (filter? option? whatever). I did the advanced compatibility test, and followed instructions [at http://www.wp-plugins.net/wiki/index.php?title=SK2_Comment_Form_Hook ] about checking the comment form (comments.php) in my theme. My comment form included the relevant lines but in a slightly different form. I had:

<form action=”<?php echo get_option(’siteurl’); ?>/wp-comments-post.php” method=”post” id=”commentform” onSubmit=”return testValues(this)”>

instead of:

<form action=”<?php echo get_option(’siteurl’); ?>/wp-comments-post.php” method=”post” id=”commentform”>

and for the line to add, I had:

<?php do_action(‘comment_form’, $post->ID); ?>

instead of:

<?php do_action(”comment_form”); ?>

… But the inclusion of the returnTestValues and post variable in the respective lines didn’t seem like it should be fatal (what do I know), and I was out of time, so I just disabled the complaining feature (encrypted payload) and postponed trying to figure it out. I’ll get back to troubleshooting it when I have a bit more time, but in the meantime, I thought I would pass it along in case there was some obvious problem in the documentation, my install, or the code.

Finally – Solidarity, because I too get insane hatemail (in my case, usually misogynistic & crazy, for running a feminist website). What is with these people? I read thru your comments before posting mine, and I’m shaking my head over people who get so pissy and apparently feel so personally insulted by a spam filter. You’re doing great work & doing so thoughtfully — god knows we need more of that in the world. I’m sure you realize it’s greatly appreciated, but it doesn’t hurt to hear it again.

Thanks again,

Laura Q

when opening general settings, i receive this error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: curl_init() in /home/hipfinger/www.konfabulieren.com/wp-content/plugins/sk2_functions.php on line 145

I agree with Tony; If you have a WordPress weblog that gets any comment traffic at all, you need this plugin.