Index: akismet.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/akismet/akismet.module,v
retrieving revision 1.10.4.9
diff -u -r1.10.4.9 akismet.module
--- akismet.module	18 Mar 2008 23:09:56 -0000	1.10.4.9
+++ akismet.module	13 Jul 2008 07:27:42 -0000
@@ -355,8 +355,9 @@
         break;
       }
 
-      // Also quit asap, if current user has administration permission.
-      if (akismet_is_spam_moderator($node->type)) {
+      // Also quit asap, if current user has administration permission
+      // or permission to post without spam checking.
+      if (akismet_is_spam_moderator($node->type) || user_access('post with no akismet checking')) {
         akismet_notify_moderators('node', $node, ($node->status ? TRUE : FALSE), FALSE);
         break;
       }