Title: Basic Functionality Question
Last modified: September 13, 2019

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# Basic Functionality Question

 *  Resolved [Henry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henrybaum/)
 * (@henrybaum)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-functionality-question/)
 * Hi, when the description says it “blocks” commenters, does this mean it blocks
   them from ever making a comment, or the comment is then sent to spam?
 * If it’s the latter, is there value in using Antispam Bee with Akismet, or is 
   that redundant?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Torsten Landsiedel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zodiac1978/)
 * (@zodiac1978)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-functionality-question/#post-11929580)
 * Hi [@henrybaum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henrybaum/)
 * > does this mean it blocks them from ever making a comment, or the comment is
   > then sent to spam?
 * You can mark them as spam or you can delete them immediately:
    [https://github.com/pluginkollektiv/antispam-bee/wiki/en-Documentation#mark-as-spam-do-not-delete](https://github.com/pluginkollektiv/antispam-bee/wiki/en-Documentation#mark-as-spam-do-not-delete)
 * And you can delete the spam after some time:
    [https://github.com/pluginkollektiv/antispam-bee/wiki/en-Documentation#delete-existing-spam-after-x-days](https://github.com/pluginkollektiv/antispam-bee/wiki/en-Documentation#delete-existing-spam-after-x-days)
 * Or if a specific reason is used:
    [https://github.com/pluginkollektiv/antispam-bee/wiki/en-Documentation#delete-comments-by-spam-reasons](https://github.com/pluginkollektiv/antispam-bee/wiki/en-Documentation#delete-comments-by-spam-reasons)
 * > If it’s the latter, is there value in using Antispam Bee with Akismet, or is
   > that redundant?
 * I don’t think it is necessary to have both installed, but if you have a massive
   spam problem this could be the case, so yes, both plugins should be playing well
   together. They are using different approaches.
 * The honeypot feature is the best tool in our toolbox, our patterns are using 
   just a small set of bad words. Akismet is a self-learning tool which is based
   on big data and has no honeypot feature.
 * I would recommend to test this setup, before using it on a production site, but
   in theory it should be working.
 * Please report back if you are using this setup! Always interesting to know if
   things are working well …
 * Thanks in advance!
 * All the best,
    Torsten

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