Akismet not working with Contact Form 7

  • Resolved ccabecad

    (@ccabecad)


    10 months, 2 weeks ago

    Hi,

    I am using Contact Form 7 andust installed Akismet for spam protection. I tried to use the known spam test to see if Akismet is working, however no emails have been flagged as spam or blocked.

    Can you please help?

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  • Plugin Author kbrownkd (a11n)

    (@kbrownkd)

    10 months, 2 weeks ago

    Hi there,

    You can simulate a positive (spam) result with the comment_author set to akismet-guaranteed-spam or comment_author_email set to akismet-guaranteed-spam@example.com.

    The Akismet API will always return a true response to a valid request with one of those values. If you receive anything else, something is wrong in your client, data, or communications. You can check the Contact Form 7 documentation (https://contactform7.com/spam-filtering-with-akismet/) for instructions on setting up your form to work with Akismet.

    Please let us know if you have any additional questions!

    Thread Starter ccabecad

    (@ccabecad)

    10 months, 2 weeks ago

    Hello @kbrownkd

    Thank you very much for your prompt reply. I have tried with akismet-guaranteed-spam@example.com and it worked, ie. I received the error message saying that it was blocked. However, I tried to play around with other fake emails with @example.com or “viagra” in the email and they were still added to mailing contact list – were they not supposed to be blocked as well?

    Plugin Author kbrownkd (a11n)

    (@kbrownkd)

    10 months, 1 week ago

    Hi there,

    The only email address that generates a guaranteed spam result from Akismet is akismet-guaranteed-spam@example.com.

    Akismet is constantly learning and adapting to genuine spam patterns that are happening right now. It uses many factors to determine whether a submission is spam, and testing with fake emails won’t guarantee a spam result from Akismet.

    Plugin Author kbrownkd (a11n)

    (@kbrownkd)

    10 months ago

    I’m marking this thread as resolved. If you have any additional questions about Akismet, let us know, and we’ll be happy to help!

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