I just downloaded and installed the Akismet plugin on this here blog and it seems to work very well. It corrals suspected comment spam and then allows you to delete as many spam comments as you wish with one click. Works for me so far so good! This sure is a comforting message, “You have no spam currently in the queue. Must be your lucky day. :)” Must be Akismet working some vooodoo.

In order to install the plugin you need an API key which can be had once you start a Wordpress.com blog.