Re: [GMG-Devel] Trac spam - action required

[Matt Molyneaux]

On Thu, 2015-02-19 at 14:43 +0100, Jessica Tallon wrote:
> Purging the spam is obviously top of the list and we will be doing that. I 
> don’t think that closing registration is a particularly good idea as it’s how 
> users of Mediagoblin can report bugs and especially with 0.8.0 being frozen 
> in the next few days we will be relying on users to report anything for 0.8.0.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jessica.
> 
> > 19 feb 2015 kl. 12:05 skrev Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva <address@hidden>:
> > 
> > On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Jessica Tallon wrote:
> > 
> >> Hey,
> >> 
> >> We’re aware of the spam issue on the tracker, we’re looking at 
> >> implementing a solution. I am reluctant to suggest disabling registration 
> >> especially now when 0.8.0 will be frozen and then released shortly. The 
> >> spam is out of control though, I agree. I’m sure if anyone on the list has 
> >> suggestions they would be appreciated.
> > 
> > My experience with this: disable registration and purge the spamming
> > users ASAP. Then look for a solution. A captcha[0] in the registration
> > form seems to be fine.
> > 
> > [0] http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/TracCaptchaPlugin
> > 

Might I suggest disabling registration until the freeze and then
re-enabling it either with a captcha or just hope they've moved on?

It at least gives admins a change to delete spam.

M

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