On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 03:10:06PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 08:54 +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
>>> Please apply the attached patch which prevents extra subscription >>> spam. >> How does it try to achieve that? > On a per-list basis, it prevents the same email address from > attempting to subscribe more than once. It does this by checking the > request pickle and the confirmations pickle for the list and > searching them for the email being submitted. If it finds that the > email already has a pending-approval subscription or a to-be > confirmed subscription, then it discards the subscription attempt > and logs a message containing the list name, the email and the IP > address the HTTP request was sent from. What if a legitimate user doesn't get the first subscription confirmation message, e.g. due to a transitory problem in his mail system, a false positive of an anti-spam check, ...? -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
