from django.contrib.comments.signals import comment_was_posted
from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
from django.core.mail import mail_managers
import akismet
from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.sites.models import Site

...

def moderate_comment(sender, comment, request, **kwargs):
	ak = akismet.Akismet(
		key = settings.AKISMET_API_KEY,
		blog_url = 'http://%s/' % Site.objects.get_current().domain
	)
	data = {
		'user_ip': request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR', ''),
		'user_agent': request.META.get('HTTP_USER_AGENT', ''),
		'referrer': request.META.get('HTTP_REFERRER', ''),
		'comment_type': 'comment',
		'comment_author': smart_str(comment.user_name),
	}
	if ak.comment_check(smart_str(comment.comment), data=data, build_data=True):
		comment.is_public = False
		comment.save()
	
	if comment.is_public:	
		email_body = "%s"
		mail_managers ("New comment posted", email_body % (comment.get_as_text()))
    
comment_was_posted.connect(moderate_comment)

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Code to use Akismet in Django blog that also emails the comment to the admin if it's set to is_public.

from django.contrib.comments.signals import comment_was_posted
from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
from django.core.mail import mail_managers
import akismet
from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.sites.models import Site

...

def moderate_comment(sender, comment, request, **kwargs):
	ak = akismet.Akismet(
		key = settings.AKISMET_API_KEY,
		blog_url = 'http://%s/' % Site.objects.get_current().domain
	)
	data = {
		'user_ip': request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR', ''),
		'user_agent': request.META.get('HTTP_USER_AGENT', ''),
		'referrer': request.META.get('HTTP_REFERRER', ''),
		'comment_type': 'comment',
		'comment_author': smart_str(comment.user_name),
	}
	if ak.comment_check(smart_str(comment.comment), data=data, build_data=True):
		comment.is_public = False
		comment.save()
	
	if comment.is_public:	
		email_body = "%s"
		mail_managers ("New comment posted", email_body % (comment.get_as_text()))
    
comment_was_posted.connect(moderate_comment)

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• akismet, 
• blog, 
• comments, 
• django, 
• email, 
• moderation