How do I test Mollom?

The Mollom service provides a developer mode for testing how the CAPTCHA challenges display on your site. This mode does two things: (a) it signals to Mollom that posts interpreted as spam should not count against the poster's "reputation" or future posts, and (b) allows a simple way to tag posts as either "ham", "spam", or "unsure". To enter developer mode, login to the Mollom.com website, and select Manage sites. Select edit subscription for the site you wish to place into developer mode, and press the Edit button under Site details. Check Activate Mollom plugin developer mode. and press Update.

It can take up to sixty minutes for the developer mode settings to propagate across the Mollom back-end network. After sixty minutes have elapsed, you can force Mollom to tag posts as "spam", "ham" (not spam) or "unsure" simply by adding those words to the body of the post. After you have completed testing, be sure to return to the Mollom.com site and disable the Mollom plugin developer mode. Again, it may take up to sixty minutes before your site returns to normal spam processing.

Alternatively, you may wish to create a separate set of public and private keys for your site, and enable the developer mode for this set of keys. By substituting your site's normal public/private key pair for your "developer" key pair within the Mollom client, you effectively place your site in developer mode.