[TommyC]

Originally Posted by djbaxter

You misunderstand me.

The point is how "dan" is checked - and against what. Would you get a "yes" if the member was dan because it matched with daniel, dan2010,123dan, etc.?

Try a manual search: http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=dan

My hypothetical member "dan" isn't any of those 500 listed but seems to be considered a match. It should not return a "yes" unless it finds a "dan" in the spam list, not a "jordan" or anything else.

That's because the search is likely setup to search through the database. The API is likely setup for a precision response.

Example:
http://www.stopforumspam.com/api?username=jor <--- shows as NOT a spammer
http://www.stopforumspam.com/api?username=jordan <--- shows as a spammer