[spam-stopper] an akismet sandbox?

Terra Frost terrafrost at gmail.com
Sat Feb 3 03:45:08 UTC 2007


I guess I read the API docs to quickly, heh.  Thanks for pointing that 
out! :)

Richard Williamson wrote:
> Have your tried using "viagra-test-123" as the author name? It's 
> documented in the API spec.
>
> Terra Frost wrote
>> www.sandbox.paypal.com <http://www.sandbox.paypal.com/> lets you test 
>> things out on PayPal's API without having to worry about making real 
>> cash transactions.  What about doing something similar for Akismet?  
>> eg. let people classify posts as spam or ham or whatever, for testing 
>> purposes, without having to worry about skewing Akismet's accuracy?
>>
>> There could also be a few word combinations that'd always result in 
>> this sandboxed version reporting the post back as spam.
>>
>> Anyway, just a random idea :)
>
> Richard Williamson
> Portland, Oregon USA
> www.oldguy.us <http://www.oldguy.us%A0/> - Skype: noldguy
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