#10861: Comments should record User-Agent -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: hanksims | Owner: nobody Status: new | Milestone: Component: django.contrib.comments | Version: 1.0 Keywords: comment spam akismet | Stage: Unreviewed Has_patch: 0 | -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- django.contrib.comments records the remote IP address of a commenter; perhaps it should record the commenter's User-Agent as well.
Djangonauts can make use of the two big anti-comment-spam services -- Akismet and Typepad -- without too much trouble. However, they will have trouble contributing back to those services if they are using contrib.comments. Both services require flagged spam submissions to include the User-Agent of the spammer. See "Comment Check" and "Submit Spam" in the Akismet API docs -- http://akismet.com/development/api/. So I can check comments on my site for spam as they come in with Typepad, because I'll have access to the submitter's IP and User-Agent in the request object. But if a bit of spam makes it past Typepad, I can't notify Typepad of it because contrib.comments hasn't recorded the commenter's User-Agent. -- Ticket URL: <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/10861> Django <http://code.djangoproject.com/> The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django updates" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-updates?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
