private function http_post( $request, $host, $path, $port = 80, $ip = '' ) {

		// Preload required variables
		$bbp_version  = bbp_get_version();
		$http_host    = $host;
		$blog_charset = get_option( 'blog_charset' );
		$response     = '';

		// Untque User Agent
		$akismet_ua     = "bbPress/{$bbp_version} | ";
		$akismet_ua    .= 'Akismet/' . constant( 'AKISMET_VERSION' );

		// Use specific IP (if provided)
		if ( ! empty( $ip ) && long2ip( ip2long( $ip ) ) ) {
			$http_host = $ip;
		}

		// Setup the arguments
		$http_args = array(
			'body'             => $request,
			'headers'          => array(
				'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=' . $blog_charset,
				'Host'         => $host,
				'User-Agent'   => $akismet_ua
			),
			'httpversion'      => '1.0',
			'timeout'          => 15
		);

		// Where we are sending our request
		$akismet_url = 'http://' . $http_host . $path;

		// Send the request
		$response    = wp_remote_post( $akismet_url, $http_args );

		// Bail if the response is an error
		if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
			return '';
		}

		// No errors so return response
		return array( $response['headers'], $response['body'] );
	}