Title: Span not caught
Last modified: June 27, 2022

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# Span not caught

 *  Resolved [peterhardicker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterhardicker/)
 * (@peterhardicker)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/span-not-caught/)
 * Hi,
 * We’ve used the Akismet Spam Protection for a few months and all has been working
   well.
 * However, we received two spam comments on 26/06 which were clearly spam but they
   were not caught.
 * Is there a way I can verify the system is working, and check why these recent
   comments were not caught?
 * Thanks
 * Peter Hardicker
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fspan-not-caught%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [csonnek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csonnek/)
 * (@csonnek)
 * Happiness Rocketeer 🚀
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/span-not-caught/#post-15774682)
 * Spammers are always working to find new ways to get around our spam filtering.
   Akismet is always learning so if you come across a piece of spam that Akismet
   misses marking it as spam will help Akismet learn and not miss similar spam in
   the future.
 * Checking your site we have not received any missed spam reports from you, so 
   please mark those items as spam so the system can learn and adapt.
 * [https://docs.akismet.com/general/teach-akismet/](https://docs.akismet.com/general/teach-akismet/)
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [peterhardicker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterhardicker/)
 * (@peterhardicker)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/span-not-caught/#post-15774734)
 * Hi csonnek,
 * Many thanks for your response.
 * I am using Akismet spam protection with Forminator and I can see the two submissions
   that should have been captured as spam in the Forminator submissions database.
   However, I can’t see how to set these submissions as Spam. How can I do this?
 * Thanks!
 *  [csonnek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csonnek/)
 * (@csonnek)
 * Happiness Rocketeer 🚀
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/span-not-caught/#post-15778849)
 * Looking at Forminator’s documentation here:
 * [https://wpmudev.com/docs/wpmu-dev-plugins/forminator/](https://wpmudev.com/docs/wpmu-dev-plugins/forminator/)
 * …it looks like they have a mechanism to mark items as spam. If you’re not able
   to find it, I would recommend reaching out to their support to see how to do 
   so.
 * I hope that helps!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Stephane Daury (stephdau)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephdau/)
 * (@stephdau)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/span-not-caught/#post-15794616)
 * Hi there.
 * Just to note that the Forminator team [is aware](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-spam-protection/#post-15774383)
   of some bugs in their Akismet implementation, and are working on a fix.

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 * Last reply from: [Stephane Daury (stephdau)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephdau/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/span-not-caught/#post-15794616)
 * Status: resolved