reCAPCHA not blocking anything

[kwdavids]

Wordpress 2.5

I deactivated Akismet and activated reCaptcha and installed the API
key. While I can't post anything without completing the captcha, the
spammers are flooding in by the hundreds.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

[reCAPTCHA Support]

Please see the FAQ on this issue:

FAQ

HELP, I'm still seeing comment spam

There are two common issues that make reCAPTCHA appear to be broken, but are actually not problems.

• Moderation emails: reCAPTCHA marks comments as spam, so if you get moderation emails when spam comments are sent, you will get moderation emails for all spam comments with reCAPTCHA. We highly recommend turning off moderation emails with reCAPTCHA.
• Trackbacks and Pingbacks: reCAPTCHA can't do anything about pingbacks and trackbacks. You can disable pingbacks and trackbacks in Options | Discussion | Allow link notifications from other Weblogs (pingbacks and trackbacks).

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[kwdavids]

Those two don't fit my situation. In WordPress I go to Manage |
Comments and see hundreds of approved comments which are spam.

Kevin

On Apr 4, 2:23 am, "reCAPTCHA Support" <supp...@recaptcha.net> wrote:
> Please see the FAQ on this issue:
>
> FAQ HELP, I'm still seeing comment spam
>
> There are two common issues that make reCAPTCHA appear to be broken, but are
> actually not problems.
>

> - *Moderation emails*: reCAPTCHA marks comments as spam, so if you get

> moderation emails when spam comments are sent, you will get moderation
> emails for all spam comments with reCAPTCHA. We highly recommend turning off
> moderation emails with reCAPTCHA.

> - *Trackbacks and Pingbacks*: reCAPTCHA can't do anything about

> pingbacks and trackbacks. You can disable pingbacks and trackbacks in
> Options | Discussion | Allow link notifications from other Weblogs
> (pingbacks and trackbacks).
>

[reCAPTCHA Support]

This is normal (for spam to go into the moderation queue). The spam is not actually being shown on your blog.