Received: from makus.postgresql.org (makus.postgresql.org [98.129.198.125]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1856C11ADB8A for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2012 13:55:43 -0300 (ADT) Received: from zql.com ([206.222.31.58]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SGYvL-0001Hj-F8 for pgsql-www@postgresql.org; Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:55:43 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1] helo=localhost) by zql.com with smtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1SGYv7-000837-RJ; Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:55:25 -0400 From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" To: pgsql-www@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Stopping link spam on the lists X-PGP-Key: 2529 DF6A B8F7 9407 E944 45B4 BC9B 9067 1496 4AC8 X-Request-PGP: http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 In-Reply-To: <16170.1333746317@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 16:55:25 -0000 X-Mailer: JoyMail 2.4.0 Message-ID: X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Archive-Number: 201204/9 X-Sequence-Number: 20583 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 >> +1, but I wonder if that matters - are these compromised accounts, >> or simply throwaway ones? > Does it matter? As long as they're spamming us more than once --- and > they are --- zapping them would be worth doing, I think. Well, if they were only doing it once, then it wouldn't matter. If they were not established accounts, we could also look into hardening our subscription process a bit. Since they appear to not be newly minted accounts, it's a moot point. Of course, as usual, all of this talk is pretty pointless as the main person who should be involved here, Marc, is not subscribed to -www, last I heard. :( - -- Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 201204071254 http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEAREDAAYFAk+AcWAACgkQvJuQZxSWSshhpQCfUc0oMtOc6YPswSaBk+ALKjDf IAcAoLCSHPj/LPKtJfZoEjTo5c2uUpbA =MSqq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----