Hormel Foods invented Spam, and I’m sure they are glad they did. They are the proud manufacturers of the canned processed food product called SPAM, which contains: Shoulder Pork or as they like to call it, “SPiced hAM”, hence the name. It is a mouth and some say eye watering, yet economical luncheon meat in a can for those who happen to be really really hungry.

Today, in net terms, “SPAM” means internet abuse. This would include primarily junk E-mail and junk postings on bulletin boards and most recently on blogs, search engines and on websites. So if you’re running WordPress, Mashable has come up with 7 of the best tools for fighting spam that is directed towards your blog. These are all easy to install Plug-Ins and have proven to effectively curb the abusers appetite…

Akismet – Akismet (Automatic Kismet) comes with every install of WordPress, sign up for a Wordpress API key and your in business

Bad Behavior – Bad Behavior works with any PHP based website including… WordPress, MediaWiki, Drupal etc.

For the rest of the list…
Mashable’s Top 7 Tools / Plugins For Fighting Wordpress Spam