# 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:** [April 28, 2016, 7:57pm 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:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-for-scan-email-in-posts-with-akismet/43393/4 "2016-04-28T21:42:53Z")

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We had a LOT of false Akismet positives on PMs. A lot. That’s why we stopped doing it.

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