Akismet alternative

Question

Hello can somenone sugets the best free alternative to Askimet for blocking spam from coments in wordpress?

thanks

Answer 1

Check out these links:

http://www.pallab.net/2008/06/18/antispam-looking-beyond-akismet/ http://www.tenthofmarch.com/2007/08/17/ditch-akismet-for-a-better-alternative/ http://alternativeto.net/software/akismet/

Answer 2

I wrote one: http://sblam.com/en.html

It's available as a free service (17mln spams filtered so far), or you can get source BSD-licensed: http://github.com/pornel/Sblam

Answer 3

Akismet is free for personal sites.