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authorPatricio Cano <suprnova32@gmail.com>2016-07-18 18:17:43 -0500
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# Akismet
+> *Note:* Before 8.10 only issues submitted via the API and for non-project
+members were submitted to Akismet.
+
GitLab leverages [Akismet](http://akismet.com) to protect against spam. Currently
-GitLab uses Akismet to prevent users who are not members of a project from
-creating spam via the GitLab API. Detected spam will be rejected, and
-an entry in the "Spam Log" section in the Admin page will be created.
+GitLab uses Akismet to prevent the creation of spam issues on public projects. Issues
+created via the WebUI or the API can be submitted to Akismet for review.
-> *Note:* As of 8.10 GitLab also submits issues created via the WebUI by non
-project members to Akismet to prevent spam.
+Detected spam will be rejected, and an entry in the "Spam Log" section in the
+Admin page will be created.
Privacy note: GitLab submits the user's IP and user agent to Akismet. Note that
adding a user to a project will disable the Akismet check and prevent this