--- title: BlogEngine.NET comment spam filtering | daily.dev description: A blogger shares his experience battling comment spam on BlogEngine.NET, trying closed comments, CAPTCHA, and manual moderation before settling on the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/blogengine-net-comment-spam-filtering-w1zbyhfkh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: BlogEngine.NET comment spam filtering | daily.dev og:description: A blogger shares his experience battling comment spam on BlogEngine.NET, trying closed comments, CAPTCHA, and manual moderation before settling on the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/blogengine-net-comment-spam-filtering-w1zbyhfkh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/W1ZbYHfKh.png og:image:alt: BlogEngine.NET comment spam filtering og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # BlogEngine.NET comment spam filtering **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A blogger shares his experience battling comment spam on BlogEngine.NET, trying closed comments, CAPTCHA, and manual moderation before settling on the platform's built-in spam filtering. Using automatic moderation with whitelisting plus Akismet, StopForumSpam, and TypePad filters, he reports accuracy mostly above 90%, with Akismet reaching 97.3%, while TypePad's filter underperforms and may be dropped. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How accurate is Akismet compared to other spam filters in BlogEngine.NET? Akismet achieved about 97.3% accuracy in filtering comment spam on BlogEngine.NET, outperforming StopForumSpam and TypePadFilter, both of which were also enabled alongside whitelisting rules that approved commenters with five or more legitimate prior comments. The combination reduced manual cleanup to roughly a weekly check for mistakes, while TypePadFilter underperformed and was considered for removal. _Developers tuning comment moderation on self-hosted blogs compare filter accuracy trade-offs like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Ultimate WordPress Spam Protection Guide – Step by Step \(2026\)](https://daily.dev/posts/ultimate-wordpress-spam-protection-guide-step-by-step-2026--wtehkhy9k) · WordPress Beginner · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [GraphComment Review: A Smarter and Feature-Rich WordPress Comment System](https://daily.dev/posts/graphcomment-review-a-smarter-and-feature-rich-wordpress-comment-system-uvb84n9nj) · WP Mayor · 0 upvotes · 1 comments - [How Stack Overflow is taking on spam and bad actors](https://daily.dev/posts/how-stack-overflow-is-taking-on-spam-and-bad-actors-6kjm8itej) · Stack Overflow Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Sneaky spam in conversational replies to blog posts](https://daily.dev/posts/sneaky-spam-in-conversational-replies-to-blog-posts-ykqfyhfgj) · Terence Eden · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Your Personal Blog Should Have Comments](https://daily.dev/posts/your-personal-blog-should-have-comments-wlqvqqaza) · Lobsters · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/blogengine-net-comment-spam-filtering-w1zbyhfkh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"BlogEngine.NET comment spam filtering","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/blogengine-net-comment-spam-filtering-w1zbyhfkh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/blogengine-net-comment-spam-filtering-w1zbyhfkh"},"datePublished":"2026-10-04T13:04:36.725Z","dateModified":"2026-10-04T13:15:25.331Z","description":"A blogger shares his experience battling comment spam on BlogEngine.NET, trying closed comments, CAPTCHA, and manual moderation before settling on the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/fdac4d779aca8fecc01cd188973650b3?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/fdac4d779aca8fecc01cd188973650b3?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Maarten Balliauw","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Maarten Balliauw","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--rOTg3VYO--/f_auto,q_auto/v1791119043/logos/maartenballiauw?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/blogengine-net-comment-spam-filtering-w1zbyhfkh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Maarten Balliauw","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"BlogEngine.NET comment spam filtering"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/blogengine-net-comment-spam-filtering-w1zbyhfkh#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How accurate is Akismet compared to other spam filters in BlogEngine.NET?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Akismet achieved about 97.3% accuracy in filtering comment spam on BlogEngine.NET, outperforming StopForumSpam and TypePadFilter, both of which were also enabled alongside whitelisting rules that approved commenters with five or more legitimate prior comments. 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