# Setting for scan email-in posts with Akismet

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-for-scan-email-in-posts-with-akismet/43393>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** akismet\
**Created:** [28 Abril , 2016 19:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-for-scan-email-in-posts-with-akismet/43393 "2016-04-28T19:57:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Post date:** [28 Abril , 2016 19:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-for-scan-email-in-posts-with-akismet/43393/1 "2016-04-28T19:57:52Z")

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**Does the Akismet plugin scan posts that are processed via incoming “anonymous” email that stages an account for that user?** If not, can that happen somehow?

We’ve gotten a lot of typical looking spam (invoice due, etc.) in the past week. We have a private category that receives this feedback email so while it’s not a huge impact, people watching that category are getting Discourse-based spam email notifications. ☹

Seems like an obvious catch for Akismet, which tends to err on the side of false positives.

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