diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst
index 841b6422..ccc820ff 100644
--- a/docs/install.rst
+++ b/docs/install.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Prerequisites
 Before getting started, ensure your system meets the following recommended dependencies:
 
 * Python 3.6+
-* Django 2.x
+* Django 2.2+, 3.x
   
 Ensure any extra Django modules you wish to use are compatible before continuing.
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ errors with trying to create User settings.
 
 8. Load initial e-mail templates, otherwise you will not be able to send e-mail::
 
-   python manage.py loaddata emailtemplate.json
+        python manage.py loaddata emailtemplate.json
 
 9. If you intend on using local mail directories for processing email into tickets, be sure to create the mail directory before adding it to the queue in the Django administrator interface. The default mail directory is ``/var/lib/mail/helpdesk/``. Ensure that the directory has appropriate permissions so that your Django/web server instance may read and write files from this directory.
 
diff --git a/helpdesk/email.py b/helpdesk/email.py
index eea13726..3a520c3c 100644
--- a/helpdesk/email.py
+++ b/helpdesk/email.py
@@ -154,24 +154,24 @@ def imap_sync(q, logger, server):
 
     try:
         status, data = server.search(None, 'NOT', 'DELETED')
+        if data:
+            msgnums = data[0].split()
+            logger.info("Received %d messages from IMAP server" % len(msgnums))
+            for num in msgnums:
+                logger.info("Processing message %s" % num)
+                status, data = server.fetch(num, '(RFC822)')
+                full_message = encoding.force_text(data[0][1], errors='replace')
+                try:
+                    ticket = object_from_message(message=full_message, queue=q, logger=logger)
+                except TypeError:
+                    ticket = None  # hotfix. Need to work out WHY.
+                if ticket:
+                    server.store(num, '+FLAGS', '\\Deleted')
+                    logger.info("Successfully processed message %s, deleted from IMAP server" % num)
+                else:
+                    logger.warn("Message %s was not successfully processed, and will be left on IMAP server" % num)
     except imaplib.IMAP4.error:
         logger.error("IMAP retrieve failed. Is the folder '%s' spelled correctly, and does it exist on the server?" % q.email_box_imap_folder)
-    if data:
-        msgnums = data[0].split()
-        logger.info("Received %d messages from IMAP server" % len(msgnums))
-        for num in msgnums:
-            logger.info("Processing message %s" % num)
-            status, data = server.fetch(num, '(RFC822)')
-            full_message = encoding.force_text(data[0][1], errors='replace')
-            try:
-                ticket = object_from_message(message=full_message, queue=q, logger=logger)
-            except TypeError:
-                ticket = None  # hotfix. Need to work out WHY.
-            if ticket:
-                server.store(num, '+FLAGS', '\\Deleted')
-                logger.info("Successfully processed message %s, deleted from IMAP server" % num)
-            else:
-                logger.warn("Message %s was not successfully processed, and will be left on IMAP server" % num)
 
     server.expunge()
     server.close()
diff --git a/helpdesk/lib.py b/helpdesk/lib.py
index 5baffaa1..7cdfb967 100644
--- a/helpdesk/lib.py
+++ b/helpdesk/lib.py
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ def text_is_spam(text, request):
 
     if hasattr(settings, 'TYPEPAD_ANTISPAM_API_KEY'):
         apikey = settings.TYPEPAD_ANTISPAM_API_KEY
-        ak.baseurl = 'api.antispam.typepad.com/1.1/'
     elif hasattr(settings, 'PYTHON_AKISMET_API_KEY'):
         # new env var expected by python-akismet package
         apikey = settings.PYTHON_AKISMET_API_KEY
@@ -114,6 +113,9 @@ def text_is_spam(text, request):
         key=apikey,
     )
 
+    if hasattr(settings, 'TYPEPAD_ANTISPAM_API_KEY'):
+        ak.baseurl = 'api.antispam.typepad.com/1.1/'
+
     if ak.verify_key():
         ak_data = {
             'user_ip': request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR', '127.0.0.1'),