WP 1.5 - How to disable comments?

[Lemmy]

I was stupid enough to allow comments on my blog (WP 1.5) and now I'm getting a lot of spam. For the life of me I can't find back to where I turn commenting off completely. Can anybody help? Thanks!

[Boogie]

hey lemmy

i use heavy moderation on the comments and still allow them. i dont even see certain spam entries that use preset keywords.

goto your wp panel, click on options, then discussion

you can check:
Allow people to post comments on the article

er uncheck it to disallow comments.

alternatively if you'd like to try the heavy moderation that i use, do this:

scroll down to 'comment blacklist' and enter keywords that your spammers are using. now they'll think their commens are going through but they're not

here is my list of keywords:
-online
4u
adipex
advicer
ambien
baccarrat
blackjack
bllogspot
booker
byob
car-rental-e-site
car-rentals-e-site
carisoprodol
casino
casinos
cialis
credit-report-4u
cwas
cyclen
cyclobenzaprine
dating-e-site
day-trading
debt-consolidation-consultant
discreetordering
duty-free
dutyfree
fioricet
flowers-leading-site
freenet-shopping
freenet
gambling
health-insurancedeals-4u
holdem
holdempoker
holdemsoftware
holdemtexasturbowilson
hotel-dealse-site
hotele-site
hotelse-site
incest
insurance-quotesdeals-4u
insurancedeals-4u
levitra
macinstruct
mortgage-4-u
online-gambling
onlinegambling-4u
ottawavalleyag
ownsthis
palm-texas-holdem-game
paxil
pharmacy
phentermine
poker
poker-chip
poze
rental-car-e-site
slot-machine
slot
soma
texas-holdem
thorcarlson
top-site
top-e-site
tramadol
trim-spa
ultram
valeofglamorganconservatives
viagra
vioxx
xanax
zolus

put that into the 'comment blacklist' field and check
Blacklist comments from open and insecure proxies.

and you'll take care of 99% of spammers and never even have to moderate their posts and you will still allow comments from visitors.

[Lemmy]

Thanks buddy! I knew it had to be something really simple.

Lemmy

I actually thought I had unchecked that box, but apparently not so.

Thanks for the spam-word list, I'll give it a try.

[Boogie]

let me know how it goes lemmy.

i do like your site an awful lot feel free to icq me if ya need anything.