On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> Is it too much overhead to create/maintain a Fossil forum page with phpBB
> or similar? A mail list seems so linear to capture diverse ideas and
> proposed solutions. Let
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
> fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
>
>> Is it too much overhead to cr
Put or keep the sender's display name (in their original From field) in
the display name part of the From: address. That way your messages would
be from:
Richard Hipp
That way who sent the message will still be evident in most email
interfaces, and most
Is it too much overhead to create/maintain a Fossil forum page with phpBB
or similar? A mail list seems so linear to capture diverse ideas and
proposed solutions. Let alone, scanning past issues is far from efficient.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-us
The only problem (or annoyance) I see with that is that we don't know from who
the email come from unless we look at the signature at the bottom.
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> Le 22 juin 2016 à 10:54, Fossil SCM user's discussion
> <fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> a écrit :
>
>
On 6/22/16, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> The only problem (or annoyance) I see with that is that we don't know from
> who the email come from unless we look at the signature at the bottom.
I agree. I just don't know of an alternative.
> Le 22 juin 2016 à 13:19, Fossil SCM user's discussion
> <fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> a écrit :
>
>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion
>> <fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Wed,
On Jun 22, 2016, at 11:19 AM, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
>
> Ah, another apparent side effect of this change is that users now get a copy
> of their own posts sent to them. That wasn't the case before.
You did still get a copy of yo
On 22 June 2016 at 10:07, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> Is it too much overhead to create/maintain a Fossil forum page with phpBB or
> similar? A mail list seems so linear to capture diverse ideas and proposed
> solutions. Let alone, scann
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On 6/22/2016 10:19 AM, Fossil SCM user's discussion wrote:
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org
<mailto:
Stephan wrote:
Ah, another apparent side effect of this change is that users now get
a copy of their own posts sent to them. That wasn't the case before.
As the unsigned person said, suppressing your own message on its return
to you is a feature of some email systems - specifically including
On Jun 22, 2016, at 10:24 AM, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
>
> > Live with the spam. It’s small potatoes as problems go.
>
> No, it is a huge PR problem.
“Huge?”
Breaking news, the Internet is full of porn. Film at 11.
(No, no
On Jun 22, 2016, at 9:20 AM, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
>
> On 6/22/16, Fossil SCM user's discussion
> <fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
>> The only problem (or annoyance) I see with that is that we don't know from
r's discussion
> <fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
>
> The only problem (or annoyance) I see with that is that we don't know from
> who the email come from unless we look at the signature at the bottom.
>
> --
> Martin G.
>
>> Le 22 juin 201
> Live with the spam. It’s small potatoes as problems go.
>
No, it is a huge PR problem. Innocent users find Fossil and have a quick
question, so they send a message to the list and immediately get back
porn. Not a good first impression.
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d...@sqlite.org
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:20:56AM -0400, Fossil SCM user's discussion wrote:
> On 6/22/16, Fossil SCM user's discussion
> <fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> > The only problem (or annoyance) I see with that is that we don't know from
> > who the email
Hi,
(I replied to the last message sent at this point, not to the original
post in this thread)
Unfortunately I am not mailing-list clued, and I don't have a solution
for this current spam-problem.
With risk of stating the obvious:
the tree-like nature of a thread is now gone (isn't it?) This
On 23 June 2016 at 09:32, Michai Ramakers wrote:
> strange... tree-view of a thread is present when viewing individual
> messages in the archive (e.g. my last mail,
> http://www.mail-archive.com/fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org/msg23445.html),
> but not on the
On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 07:26:02 +0200, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:54:47
-0400:
This is an experiment.
Hopefully one that is short lived. :-)
It's pretty confusing to see a
Hello again,
One of the biggest mistakes I've noticed with many software projects is that
they do think that "trying to force people to give bugs they've found in a
website like github, is a good idea". I say it's wrong.
a) Most people prefer e-mail to inform.b) most people don't have time to
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:58:01 -0600:
> Just filter it, either at the mailing list or at each client. Problem
> solved.
I think this is the most sensible approach, however, in the case
presented, it isn't possible to filter at the mailing
strange... tree-view of a thread is present when viewing individual
messages in the archive (e.g. my last mail,
http://www.mail-archive.com/fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org/msg23445.html),
but not on the threads-overview page
(http://www.mail-archive.com/fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org/).
Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> writes:
> Hopefully one that is short lived. :-)
+1
> It's pretty confusing to see a bunch of emails coming from ``Fossil SCM
> user's discussion'' in my MUA.
+1
> In addition, I like to know who is speakin
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:54:47 -0400:
> This is an experiment.
Hopefully one that is short lived. :-)
It's pretty confusing to see a bunch of emails coming from ``Fossil SCM
user's discussion'' in my MUA.
I often like to brain filter messages (e.g. dec
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:58:01 -0600:
> > No, it is a huge PR problem.
>
> Huge?
Maybe not to some, but, it's certainly not something that we want coming
as a result of emails to the ML.
> I never correlated the posting to this list and t
I too find this very confusing. I don't know who each message is from. Many
people (myself included) don't have their name by default in their
signature (if they even have one) and asking everyone to either add one for
every email they send to anyone or to manually remember to sign each post
to
SCM user's discussion
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 7:42 PM
To: Fossil SCM user's discussion
Subject: Re: [fossil-users] More reply spam...
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:20:56AM -0400, Fossil SCM user's discussion
wrote:
On 6/22/16, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-s
that it is easy to
do of course)
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On 2016-06-23 06:48:38, Fossil SCM user's discussion wrote:
> Both lists require moderator action on first post for each (a configuration
> choice).
That's not exactly a feature that only google groups offers.
> Google's spam logic is really good at picking out spam before
>
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:48 AM, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> Michal - the answer is super-simple - move the email list to Google Groups.
>
>
>
I don't think that helps any because the spam is not coming through the
mailing list. Th
On 2016-06-23 10:14:25, Fossil SCM user's discussion wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 07:26:02 +0200, Fossil SCM user's discussion
> <fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
>
> > Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:54:47
> > -0400:
> >
On 06/23/2016 05:57 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion wrote:
I agree. This sucks. Also writing because I want some juice spam
to inspect.
Finally not understanding why the list of subscribers cannot be better
controlled, given the underlying issue is a spammer is subscribed
logic is really good at picking out spam before
moderators are asked for action - maybe too good (you can't
turn spam-filtering off).
- Paul H
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 3:24 AM, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (I replied to
>
>
> I agree. This sucks. Also writing because I want some juice spam to
> inspect.
> Finally not understanding why the list of subscribers cannot be better
> controlled, given the underlying issue is a spammer is subscribed to the
> ML.
>
The spammers bot is subscribing new accounts as needed
* Fossil SCM user's discussion <fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> [20160622
16:40]:
> As anyone who has recently posted to this mailing lists probably
> already knows, some miscreant has again set up a reply-spam bot.
> Whenever you post to this list, the bot sends porn-spam as a
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 06:48:38AM -0400, Fossil SCM user's discussion wrote:
> Michal - the answer is super-simple - move the email list to Google Groups.
Please no. I find Google Groups to be super painful. It also doesn't fix
the problem.
Jo
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:54:47AM -0400, Fossil SCM user's discussion wrote:
> In an effort to thwart this attack, I have converted fossil-users into
> an "anonymous" list. That means that the email address of senders is
> always stripped. Replies can go to the mailing lis
What about stripping the email address in the but leave the
display name. Not sure if that capability exists.
-
Scott Doctor
sc...@scottdoctor.com
On 06/22/2016 11:12, Fossil SCM user's discussion wrote:
It's a disaster to not have the sender in the usual sender FROM
<-- argg :)
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> The current shape is almost unusable. I say "almost", because we haven't
> had a new thread on an actual on-topic subject since it was start
just a
mailing list.
--Ross Berteig
On 6/22/2016 10:50 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion wrote:
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:58:01 -0600:
This is how it happens:
1) spam bot subscribes to the mailing list
2) normal user subscribes to the mailing list and asks
On 6/23/2016 11:22 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion wrote:
I didn't write the MLM (It's "mailman" for what that's worth). I
didn't even install it. ...
Do you have patches for us?
Alas, no. I'm not familiar with mailman or with Python. A glance at the
mailman docs suggests th
What about putting up a system which periodically sends out a request
to list subscribers to confirm they are not a bot? Like, answering a
simple question.
Those who don't pass could be put on hold and stop receiving emails
from the list.
The request could be sent only to subscribers which have
On 6/23/2016 9:11 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion wrote:
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Thu, 23 Jun 2016 09:24:26 +0200:
the tree-like nature of a thread is now gone (isn't it?)
No, threading should still work. Just start a new thread with a
different subject. Typically
Is the software for the mailing list open source? If so, can i get a
link to its location.
-
Scott Doctor
sc...@scottdoctor.com
On 06/23/2016 13:51, Fossil SCM user's discussion wrote:
Yes, very hard to follow anonymous discussion and returned copies.
Every other product
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 11:40 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> Is the software for the mailing list open source? If so, can i get a link to
> its location.
https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/
㎝
--
|:**THE BEER-WARE LICENSE** *
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Thu, 23 Jun 2016 09:24:26 +0200:
> the tree-like nature of a thread is now gone (isn't it?)
No, threading should still work. Just start a new thread with a
different subject. Typically threading is handled by Reference or
In-Re
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:54:46 +0200:
> Finally not understanding why the list of subscribers cannot be better
> controlled, given the underlying issue is a spammer is subscribed to
> the ML.
Probably the most flexibility would come fr
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Thu, 23 Jun 2016 06:48:38 -0400:
> Both lists require moderator action on first post for each (a
> configuration choice). Google's spam logic is really good at picking
> out spam before moderators are asked for action - maybe too
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Thu, 23 Jun 2016 06:57:46 -0400:
> Or you could stick with this "from:fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org,
> to: fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org" situation, and lose loads of
> goodwill.
Hopefully everyone understands this
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Thu, 23 Jun 2016 18:05:16 +0700:
> Which prevents the simple approach we used on sqlite-users to flush
> out the spammer. (this reply is mainly so I can see the exciting spam
> messages everyone else is talking about...).
Too bad, it w
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:02:33 +0200:
> I'd rather fossil not go there. [Google]
+1
Andy
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Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:38:24 -0700:
> Thinking slightly outside the box, I wonder if some sort of variant of
> a honey-pot could be made to work. Set up an "official" bot that posts
> daily. Have it post a joke of the day, trivia,
On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 6:23 AM, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> Any email sent to the spam trap triggers an automatic unsubscription.
This would be effective only if the spam is sent from the same address
subscribed to the list, no? If
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Fri, 24 Jun 2016 06:28:03 +0200:
> This would be effective only if the spam is sent from the same address
> subscribed to the list, no? If it was so then it would be trivial to
> solve the problem.
Yes, you're right, as I realized in an emai
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on 23 Jun 2016 22:23:47 -0600:
> Yes, I think this is the best option actually, and one that I've used
> before. The trick would be to setup a server that does not filter
> email, because if it filters out the spam before it can b
Brad here.
How big *is* the current list of subscribers?
-bch
On Jun 23, 2016 9:33 PM, "Fossil SCM user's discussion" <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Fri, 24 Jun 2016 06:28:03 +0200:
>
> > This would be effect
On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 12:43 AM, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
>
> How big *is* the current list of subscribers?
519 members
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On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Fri, 24 Jun 2016 06:28:03 +0200:
>
> > This would be effective only if the spam is sent from the same address
> >
To all the PHP developers who use Fossil, here is something that might
be useful to you: support for Fossil repositories in Composer.
I personally don't like Composer: it is intrusive, it might run shell
scripts on package install, its packages are not signed and can not be
trusted, it is quite
On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 2:16 AM, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
>
> The trick is to figure out how to put a short nonce in each outbound subject
> line. Maybe just member serial number, but something unique to the
> recipient.
I didn't w
Dr. H.
> ... the bot's reply uses In-Reply-To and duplicates the subject line
> from a prior legitimate email.
There's your hook: the subject line.
The trick is to figure out how to put a short nonce in each outbound
subject line. Maybe just member serial number, but something unique to
the
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
>
> The problem isn't that the messages are being posted to the ML, but that the
> bot is passively harvesting email addresses from messages it receives from
> the ML
>
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:48 AM, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
>
> Both lists require moderator action on first post for each (a
> configuration choice). Google's spam logic is really good at picking out
> spam before moderators ar
Yes just remove the email address but not the name, and problem solved
in a better way until we find a solution to block this bot.
Cheers,
-- bohwaz
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On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> (Sat, 25 Jun 18:40) Fossil SCM user's discussion:
> > fwiw, i disagree. This patch removes an option from the user (specifying
> an
> > empty string) and doe
On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 7:56 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
fwiw, getting my own posts as a new mail, leading to (A) getting each
submitted post sent right back to me as a new mail and (B) 2 copies of each
post on my local thread (the one i
This is what I've said ... (just show names if people do want that)
To block the bot isn't it easy to just say to Google, etc. and the mailman
admin of the mailman website that is used by Fossil that there is a bot ?I'm
quite sure that they may help.
Best Regards
K.
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will be spammed; you will be trolled; welcome
aboard.
Barry (an almost nobody on this list, weight=$0.02)
On 25 June 2016 at 07:08, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> No, anonymity doesn't sucks...
> I want anonymity because as I said, people don't
On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 1:18 AM, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> periodically ?
> Sometimes I do not even read my e-mails...
And sometimes you read only the first line, apparently.
> At least, Fossil knows who are not bot... (Am I a
K,
And IMHO, they can whitelist some of us ... can't they ?
No, I don't think they can.
The limitation is that the Fossil list is run on software (Mailman
v2.1.14) that doesn't have any of these features that we've been
imagining (myself included).
At the very least the list would have
periodically ?Sometimes I do not even read my e-mails...
At least, Fossil knows who are not bot... (Am I a bot ? Seriously?)And IMHO,
they can whitelist some of us ... can't they ?
Best Regards
K.
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for
the behavior we do want for this mailing list)Have a nice WE, everyone.
Best Regards
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Objet : Re: [fossil-users] More repl
I concur.
- Paul Hammant
On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> I use Gmane to access the mailing list, and with new change *every*
> post is shown as coming from "Fossil SCM user's discussion".
I use Gmane to access the mailing list, and with new change *every*
post is shown as coming from "Fossil SCM user's discussion". This is
a *massive* degradation in the usability of the list for me, and
presumably for those others of us that use Gmane. Please revert this
change!
I ha
I agree 100%. I end up ignoring messages from the Fossil mailing list
almost entirely now, as I am normally fairly selective regarding who's
messages I open if I'm in a hurry.
Kind regards,
Philip Bennefall
On 6/26/2016 10:11 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion wrote:
I concur.
- Paul Hammant
Another immensely popular tool for team, including open-source dev and user
teams is slack - https://slack.com/
HipChat is a alternative - https://hipchat.com/
Host it yourself Slack-alikes using open-source include
http://www.mattermost.org/ and https://www.zulip.org/
These of these tools
On 24 June 2016 at 18:46, Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> Another immensely popular tool for team, including open-source dev and user
> teams is slack - https://slack.com/
> HipChat is a alternative - https://hipchat.com/
>
> Host it
as Fossil and they use a
Forum (phpBB, http://www.newlispfanclub.alh.net/forum/index.php)
On 25 June 2016 at 12:37, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> On 24 June 2016 at 18:46, Fossil SCM user's discussion
> <fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org>
Oh... If we're offering alternatives, I recently joined
https://gitter.im/red/red and don't completely hate its interface.
On 25 June 2016 at 09:46, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> Another immensely popular tool for team, including open-s
On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 21:46:29 -0400 / Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> said :
> Another immensely popular tool for team, including open-source dev
> and user teams is slack - https://slack.com/
> HipChat is a alternative - https://hipchat.com/
I a
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Fri, 24 Jun 2016 23:08:49 -:
> No, anonymity doesn't sucks...I want anonymity because as I said,
> people don't want or even can't show up there details.And IMHO,
> privacy is something that we would like to have for ou
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Fri, 24 Jun 2016 06:28:03 +0200:
> This would be effective only if the spam is sent from the same address
> subscribed to the list, no? If it was so then it would be trivial to
> solve the problem.
There is another alternative that will be
Thus said Fossil SCM user's discussion on Fri, 24 Jun 2016 23:18:41 -:
>And IMHO, they can whitelist some of us ... can't they ?
Exactly how would that solve the problem?
Andy
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On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> if tarball prefix is defined as an empty string (unset),
> then Fossil will use it.
>
> I think, it would be better to use project-name:
> ...
Due to the move to anonymous messages I unsubscribed from the list. However
I'm still getting messages. Did the changes break unsubscribing or am I not
being patient enough?
On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Fossil SCM user's discussion <
fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> I
Fossil SCM user's discussion
<fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> writes:
> Every other product I use has a forum and manages spam with
> moderation and user reporting. Forum threads are way more efficient
> to follow.
All the mailing lists which I follow are via Gmane and Foss
Fossil SCM user's discussion decía, en el mensaje "[fossil-users] please,
please revert the change to the mailing list!" del 26/6/2016 16:42:26:
> I use Gmane to access the mailing list, and with new change *every*
> post is shown as coming from "Fossil
Hello everybody: (this is John Rouillard - rouilj)
I have a smaller laptop I use daily with FF 47.0 and chromium
50.0.2661. If I look at:
https://www.fossil-scm.org/download.html
it is missing the "More..." menu item and I have a single row menu
bar.
If I look at the home page:
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