I want to release a beta version of the Three Strikes Plugin exclusively written for WordPress 1.5. Newer comment spam features built into the 1.5 code needed to be exploited and this plugin makes use of one such feature. New features include: Better Bayesian Filtering – the bayesian code has been updated a little to train better, fixed some bugs Better training on install – Used some of the new features in WP 1.5 to train the filter at install More bugfixes and workarounds for WordPress 1.5 Please leave bugs/suggestions as comments. Thanks for trying it out. Download link for Three Strikes 1.5 Beta Plugin for WordPress 1.5 [EDIT] I left a debug statement in the code which would have borked commenting, fixed in the download. [EDIT] As a suggestion for testers/users of this plugin, get some good and some spam comments first before you install it. The plugin does […]

WordPress Email Notification Plugin v2.0 The Word Press Email Notification Plugin from Watershed Studio has been updated to version 2.0. Updates to this version include extra options, an install script and configuration area, import/export of email lists etc.

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Web Spam Summit: More precisely, a web spam squashing summit is being organized by Technorati and hosted at Yahoo! Sunnyvale. I could have exchanged some valuable insight and information but am stuck here on the East side of the island! Oh the desire to move to the West! 🙂

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WordPress Themes List for 1.5: Very nice collation of the popular themes available for the newly released WordPress 1.5.