From the README file: Net::Akismet is meant to provide perl interface to the Akismet web service. Akismet is blog comment and trackback spam blocker, free for personal use. More info on http://akismet.com/ The module allows you to either check if an item is spam or report certain comment as spam/false postivie. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Akismet/