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Spam Filtering for Squishdot with Akismet

1. Get yourself a WordPress.com blog. You'll need this for the API Key, which is included in the sign-up mail, in order to use Akismet
2. Make akismet.py available on your python path. This can be done by either putting it in the lib/python of your INSTANCE_HOME or by putting it in the site-packages of the python installation you use to run zope.
3. Put the antispam.py attached to this post in the Extensions directory of your INSTANCE_HOME.
4. Add an external method with an id of 'akismet', module of 'antispam' and method of 'check' to your Squishdot Site.
5. Add the following code snippet to the bottom of your Squishdot Site's validatePostings python script:

   spam = container.akismet('your-wordpress-key','http://yourblog.wordpress.com/',raw)
   if spam:
       return Processed,'Looks like spam to me!'
   
   return Processed,None
   

Please let me know how you get on!

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