MT-Akismet Manual
MT-Akismet is the official plugin for Movable Type that transparently integrates its junk handling capabilities with the Akismet collaborative spam filtering service.
For many people, Akismet will greatly reduce or even completely eliminate the comment and TrackBack spam you get on your sites. If one does happen to get through, simply mark it as Junk
and Akismet will learn from the mistake.
This is the official plugin for Movable Type that was developed by Appnel Solutions for Automattic, the people behind the Akismet service.
REQUIREMENTS
MT-Akismet requires valid API key that is provided when you create a WordPress.com account. If you don't have a WordPress.com account yet, you can get one at http://wordpress.com/.
MT-Akismet requires Movable Type 3.2 or higher. It requires a few external modules from CPAN that have been packaged along with the plugin. These modules are Class::Accessor or and MT::Akismet. This plugin also uses libwww-perl (LWP) library which ships with MT.
INSTALLATION
extlib -> mt/extlib
plugins -> mt/plugins
DO NOT replace these directories in MT as they are likely to contain other files that your system and other plugins need.
MT-Akismet will take advantage of background processing if it is enabled on your system and is highly recommended. For more on configuring your MT system to use background processing see the Users' Manual.
USAGE
MT-Akismet is virtually transparent to your system. You needn't do anything further. Occasionally a comment will not be rated properly. Simply select the comment and use the Junk or Not Junk buttons. This will inform Akismet of the error so it may learn from its error. Do not simply delete a junk comment.
SETTINGS
As of version 1.1 you can define the weight of Akismet's rating on a per weblog basis. Open the MT-Akismet Settings display on the weblog plugin settings tab. There you will find a pulldown menu of weighting options. Choosing one (1) applies the least amount of weight. Choosing ten (10) applies the most weight. Click Save Changes once you've made a selection.
SUPPORT
No support is implied. Users experiencing issues installing this plugin are recommended to make a post in the Plugins forum of the MT Community forums: http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/forums/
LICENSE
This plugin is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either:
a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any later version,
or
b) the Artistic License which comes with this module.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License for more details.
