From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Spammers are now closing bugs Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:41:19 +0800 Message-ID: <49EBB69F.4050704@gnu.org> References: <87ab6cphof.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1240184533 18763 80.91.229.12 (19 Apr 2009 23:42:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:42:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Sven Joachim Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 20 01:43:33 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Lvgfc-00054T-57 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:43:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59667 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LvgeD-00032t-5c for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:42:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lvge9-00032a-8S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:42:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lvge4-00032H-Oe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:42:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40587 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lvge4-00032E-M6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:41:56 -0400 Original-Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.190]:25945) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lvge1-0000hg-CF; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:41:53 -0400 Original-Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b6so1048207tic.10 for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:41:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=FQ6Ac3VJR1rdxxvQkwx4QbcCQNdumQnDf4fIRr1PBTg=; b=eZamgR61U4yjqg3EYKDAHST8CTKWlRWdWOqHPhTcFbTzDgdssY3SQYlTMvAE/3eUc6 UMc5GCYvCmtO6XGN4PkXigKpE3djdlN+oRtviJVskWRNIbnqleaBd8K5hqaAWu3NS0mq 2zTBba61EYvgF0LLpuWMOSsh/voBd1g2IxISY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=N10GJBLT7Gtwly8OXX8I8zqnJckjAajOpvAWBia6Ajcf2pV1eNeVQT7rSaO3QScqhr twL8YpA4pG6XIaaIr53mMWlMWOxA/zNLELXmCeYM2wfIDLq7RHV15xb9YFxS0PKRhRts cxtkj30+AChqUmci6MDarOxPhR5a7pRv0CgeU= Original-Received: by 10.110.26.8 with SMTP id 8mr5551127tiz.37.1240184510838; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:41:50 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ?192.168.249.26? ([118.101.235.250]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d1sm1845542tid.22.2009.04.19.16.41.47 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:41:49 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <87ab6cphof.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:110352 Archived-At: Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-04-19 21:20 +0200, Glenn Morris wrote: > > >> As far I am aware, this: >> >> http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=38;bug=1407 >> >> is the first instance of spam closing a bug. >> > > Note that this will only happen to bugs that had been closed (and > reopened) before, since this is necessary for the spammers to pick up > the nnnn-done address. In Debian, this issue had been discussed many > times already, AFAICT without any solution. > There is a very simple solution. Restrict bug closure and other administrative tasks to people on a list of emacs contributors and the original submitter. It is not a perfect solution, but it should deal with the problem of random spammers.