blogspam: Don't check modifications from admins for spam, and also allow the blogspam...

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / plugins / blogspam.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/plugins/blogspam.mdwn b/doc/plugins/blogspam.mdwn
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--- a/doc/plugins/blogspam.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/blogspam.mdwn
@@ -7,17 +7,23 @@ This plugin adds antispam support to ikiwiki, using the
 appear to contain spam will be rejected; comments that look spammy will be
 stored in a queue for moderation by an admin.
 
+To check for and moderate comments, log in to the wiki as an admin,
+go to your Preferences page, and click the "Comment Moderation" button.
+
 The plugin requires the [[!cpan RPC::XML]] perl module.
 
 You can control how content is tested via the `blogspam_options` setting.
 The list of options is [here](http://blogspam.net/api/testComment.html#options).
 By default, the options are configured in a way that is appropriate for
-wiki content. This includes turning off some of the more problimatic tests.
+wiki content. This includes turning off some of the more problematic tests.
+An interesting option for testing is `fail`, by setting it (e.g.,
+`blogspam_options => 'fail'`), *all* comments will be marked as SPAM, so that
+you can check whether the interaction with blogspam.net works.
 
 The `blogspam_pagespec` setting is a [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] that can be
 used to configure which pages are checked for spam. The default is to check
 all edits. If you only want to check [[comments]] (not wiki page edits),
-set it to "postcomment(*)".
+set it to "postcomment(*)". Posts by admins are never checked for spam.
 
 By default, the blogspam.net server is used to do the spam checking. To
 change this, the `blogspam_server` option can be set to the url for a