Title: Why do I get these emails
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Why do I get these emails

 *  [pospiech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pospiech/)
 * (@pospiech)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-do-i-get-these-emails/)
 * I get emails about ‘pingback’ like
 * `
    Neuer Pingback zum Beitrag #38 "Kontakt" Website: Matthias Pospiech :: Verändern
   der Menustruktur in WordPress (IP: 213.203.228.31 , wwwlx008.frc-server.de) URI:
   http://www.pospiech.eu/blog/2006/08/14/verandern-der-menustruktur-in-wordpress/
   Kurzfassung: [...] [...] Kontakt [...] [...]  which seem automatically created
   but make no sence.
 * As well I get emails about ‘comments’ for several pages on my site with identical
   content (which makes no sence)
 * These look like this:
    ` Ein neuer Kommentar zum Beitrag #2 "About" wartet auf
   seine Freischaltung. http://www.pospiech.eu/about/
 * Autor : Matthias Pospiech :: Verändern der Menustruktur in WordPress (IP: 213.203.228.31,
   wwwlx008.frc-server.de)
    E-Mail : URI : [http://www.pospiech.eu/blog/2006/08/14/verandern-der-menustruktur-in-wordpress/](http://www.pospiech.eu/blog/2006/08/14/verandern-der-menustruktur-in-wordpress/)
   Whois : [http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=213.203.228.31](http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=213.203.228.31)
   Kommentar: [...] Das HTML Ergebnis ist das folgende: (Die Überschrift weggelassen,
   da diese das TOC-Plugin durcheinanderbringt) <li class="pagenav">    
    -          <li class="page_item">[About](http://www.pospiech.eu/about/)     
      <li class="page_item current_page_item">[Links](http://www.pospiech.eu/links/)
 *  -              <li class="page_item">[Allgemein](http://www.pospiech.eu/links/allgemein/)
      <li class="page_item">[Webdesign](http://www.pospiech.eu/links/webdesign/)
 *              [...]
 * Why do I get those ? They are definetly not created by humans and keep annoying
   me.
 * Matthias`

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 *  [ladydelaluna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladydelaluna/)
 * (@ladydelaluna)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-do-i-get-these-emails/#post-437566)
 * Do you have any spam blocking plugins installed, like Akismet, SpamKarma 2, or
   the like?
 * If not, I strongly suggest you get one. Or the spam won’t stop.
 * Edit: Nevermind. Those are pingbacks from when YOU create links to other posts
   or pages of your site. If you don’t want them to appear, just go into Manage -
   > Comments and delete them. (Changing the settings will make it so that even 
   if someone else pings or comments though, you won’t get notification.)
 *  Thread Starter [pospiech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pospiech/)
 * (@pospiech)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-do-i-get-these-emails/#post-437572)
 * > Do you have any spam blocking plugins installed, like Akismet, SpamKarma 2,
   > or the like?
 * Yes
 * > Those are pingbacks from when YOU create links to other posts or pages of your
   > site.
 * I did not create links to my site.
    These emails are random, and come constantly,
   but not every day.
 * >  If you don’t want them to appear, just go into Manage -> Comments and delete
   > them. (Changing the settings will make it so that even if someone else pings
   > or comments though, you won’t get notification.)
 * If someone links my site or post a real comment that would be ok, but this comments
   are rubbish.
 * No I still dont know what to do. It is not spam, but useless and needs to be 
   deleted. So who and how are these emails created ?
 * Matthias
 *  [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/)
 * (@yosemite)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-do-i-get-these-emails/#post-437587)
 * Turn off notification.
 * Options:Discussion “E-mail me whenever: Anyone posts a comment”
 *  Thread Starter [pospiech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pospiech/)
 * (@pospiech)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-do-i-get-these-emails/#post-437603)
 * I do want to be informed when somebody writes a comment that needs to be authorised–
   but I do not want these autogenerated comments.
 * And I would like to know where these come from.
 * So turning of the emails would not solve the problem, just it following results.
 * Matthias
 *  [ladydelaluna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladydelaluna/)
 * (@ladydelaluna)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-do-i-get-these-emails/#post-437909)
 * Regardless of whether or not you want to believe us – they come from YOU.
 * When you create a link on your site to another part of your site, WordPress creates
   a “trackback” and places it in the comments section of where you linked to.
 * You can’t have the best of all worlds here. Either you stop them from happening
   all together, from anyone, by anyone, anytime – Or, you stop receiving the notifications–
   Or, you can simply go in after they occur from YOU, and delete them yourself.
 *  Thread Starter [pospiech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pospiech/)
 * (@pospiech)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-do-i-get-these-emails/#post-438130)
 * Not that I do not believe you, but I am very sure that I did not work on the 
   site (for days) when I got these emails. And second I did not work on those parts
   where the comments where placed.
 * Matthias
 *  [ladydelaluna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladydelaluna/)
 * (@ladydelaluna)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-do-i-get-these-emails/#post-438132)
 * But they’re linking to YOUR site.
    So why would someone else make a trackback
   from your site TO your site? It’s impossible.
 * Bottom line is that they’re pingbacks. They either are allowed or they’re not,
   and you’re either notified or you’re not.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
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 * Last reply from: [ladydelaluna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladydelaluna/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-do-i-get-these-emails/#post-438132)
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