From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Spammers are now closing bugs Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:27:22 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87ab6cphof.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <49EBB69F.4050704@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1240238918 24879 80.91.229.12 (20 Apr 2009 14:48:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:48:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Sven Joachim , Jason Rumney To: Samuel Bronson Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 20 16:49:57 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 1Lvuoc-0004kw-N7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:49:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46001 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LvunD-0007Rp-RP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:48:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LvuTC-0006fc-0N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:27:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LvuT5-0006d9-6l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:27:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55002 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LvuT4-0006cm-TT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:27:30 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:39748) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LvuT1-0006m4-52; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:27:27 -0400 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n3KERNgT016005; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:27:23 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 1156780D50; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:27:22 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Samuel Bronson's message of "Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:48:28 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3256=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:110360 Archived-At: >> 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. > Another possibility would involve a confirmation code -- but that > would be kind of a pain for regular contributors, so should probably > be used as an additional validation method, not the only one. The incoming messages should be filtered the same way that messages to emacs-devel get filtered (i.e. they need to be moderated). Stefan