From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sven Joachim Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Spammers are now closing bugs Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:28:00 +0200 Message-ID: <87ab6cphof.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1240169297 15489 80.91.229.12 (19 Apr 2009 19:28:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:28:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 19 21:29:37 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 1Lvchr-0000TO-02 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:29:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58334 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LvcgR-0007wT-MK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:28:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LvcgN-0007wE-VE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:28:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LvcgI-0007w1-Iq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:28:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48824 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LvcgI-0007vy-C6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:27:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:54644) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LvcgH-0005Mq-Ov for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:27:58 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 19 Apr 2009 19:27:54 -0000 Original-Received: from p548678EF.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO turtle.gmx.de) [84.134.120.239] by mail.gmx.net (mp068) with SMTP; 19 Apr 2009 21:27:54 +0200 X-Authenticated: #28250155 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19SGLEa4d9SBLbiMq0XWMrrbuGXVcOyunihwG8a+E G6I8ZH0/ZoQRrn Original-Received: by turtle.gmx.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BE318354AF; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:28:00 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:20:09 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.66 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:110351 Archived-At: 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. > I have to say again that the state of the bug tracker with regards to > spam accumulating in real bug reports is embarrassing. I can only concur. :-( Sven