Enhancement for Akismet

[ozh]

(not even sure this is the proper place to do so...)

I have an enhancement proposal for Akismet: when catching a spam, don't return to comment page afterwards but instead clearly show the spammer that the comment was rejected.

Basically, when catching spam:

add_filter('comment_post_redirect', 'akismet_reject_screen');

function akismet_reject_screen() {
	header('HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden');
	wp_die(__('Sorry, your comment was considered as spam and rejected'));
}

I don't see the point in wasting bandwidth, CPU and DB queries to show a page to someone who has been identified as a spammer :)

(other minor "enhancement" included: Matt's URL updated:)

[ozh]

Die on spam

[Viper007Bond]

"(not even sure this is the proper place to do so...) "

It's not. This is: ​http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/

[ozh]

Tickets for Hello Dolly have been raised, patched and fixed here so I think Akismet is a similar edge case since it's bundled.

[Viper007Bond]

Hello Dolly is a part of WordPress though, Akismet is not. It's an external: ​http://trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/wp-content/plugins (even note the external URL)

All changes/patches are made via the plugins Trac: ​http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/akismet

Further proof: #6946 #6565 #5549 #4548 #3818 #3393

Need I keep going?

[ozh]

OK, I surrender! :)
See ​http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/902

[Viper007Bond]

:P