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Hi there,
Any plans to add double-opt-in anytime soon?
Cheers,
Thomas
My comments seem to be getting lost here, so I wrote up what I did on my site. (But I thought I’d try posting here one last time…)
Here’s how I got rid of the spam emails in Comment Notifier’s database for good:
http://nfriedly.com/techblog/2013/03/automatically-removing-spamers-from-the-wordpress-coment-notifier-plugins-database/
Hey, I love the plugin, thanks! I just realized that I have way more subscribers per post than comments per post, and I’m thinking it’s because a lot of spammers are getting subscribed and then staying subscribed after their comment is marked as spam. Do you think you could add a feature where it automatically removes someone’s subscription if their comment is marked as spam?
I just sent you a $5 donation just to say thank you for what you’ve already built – I know that’s nowhere near enough to cover the time you would have to spend to build that feature, but I thought you’d appreciate it all the same
BTW, in case anyone else runs into this, I’ve come up with a stop-gap solution:
Backup the database then run this query:
DELETE FROM `wp_YOUR_PREFIX_comment_notifier`
WHERE email NOT IN (
SELECT comment_author_email FROM `wp_YOUR_PREFIX_comments`
)
(Obviously, change the table name prefix to whatever your install of WP uses.)
I’m thinking about adding a foreign key constraint with an ON DELETE CASCADE so that as soon as a spam comment gets deleted from the WP comments table, the DB will automatically delete the associated email from the comment_notifier table…
Actually, I went ahead and added that foreign key – so now spammers (and anyone else who’s comments I delete) should be automatically removed from the comment_notifier table whenever their comments get deleted.
Backup your DB first and then run this (you may need to run my previous stop-gap to clean up the data first):
ALTER TABLE `wp_YOUR_PREFIX_comments` ADD INDEX ( `comment_author_email` );
ALTER TABLE `wp_YOUR_PREFIX_comment_notifier` ADD CONSTRAINT `auto_delete_spammers` FOREIGN KEY (`email`) REFERENCES `wp_YOUR_PREFIX_comments` (`comment_author_email`) ON DELETE CASCADE;
This will cause a small performance hit when adding or deleting comments, and should have no other side effects.
Actually, I went ahead and added that foreign key – so now spammers (and anyone else who’s comments I delete) should be automatically removed from the comment_notifier table whenever their comments get deleted.
Backup your DB first and then run this (you may need to run my previous stop-gap to clean up the data first):
ALTER TABLE `wp_YOUR_PREFIX_comments` ADD INDEX ( `comment_author_email` );
ALTER TABLE `wp_YOUR_PREFIX_comment_notifier` ADD CONSTRAINT `auto_delete_spammers` FOREIGN KEY (`email`) REFERENCES `wp_YOUR_PREFIX_comments` (`comment_author_email`) ON DELETE CASCADE;
This will cause a small performance hit when adding or deleting comments, and should have no other side effects.
(I just left this comment a minute ago, but it disappeared…)
Hey there, I LOVE your plugin. I would really like to buy your comment extras pack, but see that it’s not available.
Please tell me when you think it will be available. Thank you!
I do not maintain the extra pack anymmore. You can take the comment plus plugin which is far more complete.
Hello Stefano,
Been using your plug in for a while now and for some reason (a while back) it is no longer sending HTML messages – even though that option is checked. I’ve attached a screen shot of a comment test.
Thank you
From your picture it seems the html has been stripped away. Are you using some mailing plugin?
Stefano.
Strange problem – the subscription checkbox labels appear for me in Chrome, but not IE, and that result has been replicated by another user. The boxes appear to float in space without any description (pic attached).
Can you offer any suggestions? Thanks.
Hi,
Thank you for your plugin.
but, The “Unsubscription setting” feature is NOT working.
My Unsubscript Message.
——————————————————–
You have unsubscribe successfully.
Thank you.
I’ll be send to the home page in 3 seconds.
and then I have clicked the submit button called “save and send a test email”
NOT come into my email inbox.
Is this BUG ? or is developing ?
Thank you for your effort.
The unsubscription message is not send by email, is shown to user who click on unsubscription link inside notification messages.
Hi,
i use your plugin comment notifier since 1 year and work well but with new wordpress update your plugin is broken.
Do you project to update it ? I’m looking to purchase the advanced functions too.
is it possible ?
It seems to be working on your site. May I send you some screens shots to troubleshoot? info@satollo.net?
Also, can you help me to understand how to input line breaks with returns on the “Thank You message settings”…
Just checking to see if your own comments work with this post…
Good Morning Stefano, I haven’t been able to get the plugin to work either and I am on the WP Version 3.2.1
The plugin is all that I need, but I need it to work. Giving it a few more days, but will need to look elsewhere if unable to fix. I’m looking to purchase the advanced functions.
Hi, I have not been able to make the plugin work. I have installed and activated, but no checkbox for subscribing appears on or near the posts. How do I troubleshoot?
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(Чехия, Германия).
Недорого…
Hi, I have a problem with the plugin… I don’t believe it actually sends e-mail when i reply on a comment… which is the whole purpos
What can I have done wrong?
Can’t seem to view the “notify me” message and checkbox.. any way to directly embed it into to the template ?
I’m looking for a solution that would enable to insert the contents of custom fields into the notification email. Is this possible? Thank you!
I just tested it using the test function at 3.04. It worked.
This plugin is exactly what I have been looking for but I can’t seem to get it to work. That is, it isn’t sending email when new comments are made.
Do you plan on updating the plugin to be compatible with WP 3.04?
Hi, Thanks for the plugin.
I have a problem though. When I try to post a comment to a post with many subscribers (30+), it takes 10-30 seconds to post a comment. When I disable the comment notifier plugin, posting comment is once again fast. So, it does look like the problem is with the comment notifier plugin.
Thanks.
I like the way this plug-in works much better than the Subscribe to Comments derivatives (which don’t give you enough control over the email content). However, I would really like to see you add a double opt-in feature, as I have a lot of spammers signing up to it with false emails on my blog (don’t ask me why they would do this, but they do!).
Is this plugin compatible with IntenseDebate? Its closely tied to the comments, which IntenseDebate sorta takes over. Can I still use this? It has a lot of great features and I would like to use both, but am a little concerned about it causing issues and my comments not being available for a time.
hi there, im using this plugin and have a question
the seccion of Unsubscription setting how is this supposed to be set ?
because on those emails some people doesnt want to be subscribed anymore, but there is no link to unsuscribe, and i dont know how to edit this settings ???
how is the url to unsuscribe to this ???
pls help !!!
tnx in advance
oi~
i am not understanding why this plugin does not work
anyone who can offer some help plz ?
tks.
Hi there,
Is this plugin compatible with WP 3.0?
If not, when it will?
Thanks.
hey
I have a question about the plugin configuration, what should I suppose to fill the “Notification sender email” and “Notification sender name”? I am using WP 3.0 and I have installed SMTP plugin to enable the email function. My host is Godaddy, Linux.
Thank you!
Hi Notus,
Notification sender name=
& Notification sender email=
Hi Notus,
In my previous post the text after “=” was deleted by Satolla’s atrocious site. I’d faced this nuisance in the past too.
Let me repeat it:
Notification sender name = your name
& Notification sender email = your email-id
Hi Stefano, I’ve observed something strange: Why does a Submit Comment button appear in IE (scroll to bottom) – whereas it’s not the case in FF?
Btw, Stefano, it seems you’re more interested in approving comments rather than giving some answers. Why is it so? I expect some response from you in this case.
Hi there !
im using your plugin and have a question
at the Notification email settings how can i make the to make a new paragraph ???
since i got the email like this …
Hola Subscriber name ! Author name respondio a tu comentario sobre el articulo A wonderful post title La repsuesta fue:”
and doesnt look pretty
Pls help
Tnx in advance
Hi Salomon, from whatever I’ve understood you want to insert a paragraph in your message body. Right?
Well…do not check “send emails as html “, coz this will result in your emails without any paragraphs. Just send the email in ordinary text & you can insert paragraphs wherever you want to.
Btw, in the email sample you’ve provided – “Hola Subscriber name ! Author name respondio a tu comentario sobre el articulo A wonderful post title La repsuesta fue:” – the tags are not right at all.
Instead of “name ! Author name” it should be “{name}!{author}”
Stefano, your “send emails as html ” feature is crude one. It results in the text being merged into one paragraph. Needless to say it hardly looks nice. Instead of preserving the line breaks why do you remove them?
Stefano, please update this feature & make things look normal. In fact, I suggest that you allow HTML code to be pasted in the edit boxes – so that we can’ve a properly formatted email.