Is this manual spamming or some robot doing it? Would a "what characters in the image" question block a spam robot..? For manual spamming, in the same line - would a "trivia Lucene/code question" block at least some spammers? Just a thought, though I don't know there is sufficient infrastructure for either of the two... Doron
Grant Ingersoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 27/03/2007 10:59:38: > Another thing I am working on is getting change notifications sent to > the commits list, so that we will (hopefully) notice these kinds of > changes sooner. I am not sure about the asking part, as I don't know > who would want that job. > > At any rate, the bottom line is we should keep an eye out for this > kind of stuff going forward. Sigh. > > -Grant > > On Mar 27, 2007, at 3:32 AM, Michael Wechner wrote: > > > btw, the Lenya Wiki is experiencing the same problems. I think it > > would make sense that people have to ask for a Wiki account on the > > development list, otherwise one just keeps chasing these spammers > > endlessly ... > > > > just my 2 cents > > > > Michael > > > > Simon Willnauer wrote: > > > >> cheers Grant!! > >> > >> regards simon > >> > >> On 3/26/07, Grant Ingersoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> FYI. > >>> > >>> I have taken care of the Gdata issues > >>> > >>> Begin forwarded message: > >>> > >>> > From: Joe Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > Date: March 26, 2007 2:45:36 PM EDT > >>> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > >>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > >>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > >>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > >>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > Subject: Wiki Vandalism on 3/25 > >>> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > Folks- our wiki spammer has struck again this weekend, > >>> > and I am contacting you to let you know that there are > >>> > porn links on your wiki which needs to be removed. Here > >>> > is a list of currently affected urls, relative to > >>> > http://wiki.apache.org/ > >>> > > >>> > /db-torque/stefanoulissi > >>> > /jakarta-cactus/ > >>> > /jakarta-cactus/FrontPage > >>> > /jakarta-slide/ > >>> > /jakarta-slide/FrontPage > >>> > /general/WalterMundt > >>> > /general/HowToBeWikiAdministrator > >>> > /general/FindPage > >>> > /jakarta-commons/UserPreferences > >>> > /jakarta-commons/ > >>> > /jakarta-commons/FrontPage > >>> > /jakarta-commons/UserPreferences > >>> > /excalibur/UserPreferences > >>> > /excalibur/BoardReports/20050622 > >>> > /xindice/ > >>> > /xindice/FrontPage > >>> > /xindice/InterWiki > >>> > /james/SpamBlocking > >>> > /james/SummerOfCode2005/SergeyLubinskiyFastFail > >>> > /jakarta-lucene/GdataServer/FAQ > >>> > /harmony/ > >>> > /harmony/FrontPage > >>> > /harmony/DaneseCooper > >>> > /harmony/StartSide > >>> > /myfaces/ > >>> > /myfaces/FrontPage > >>> > /myfaces/InterWiki > >>> > /nutch/Automating_Fetches_with_Python > >>> > /jakarta-httpclient/StartSide > >>> > /jakarta-httpclient/PythonLanguage > >>> > /jakarta-httpclient/UseCases/MultiAsyncRequests > >>> > /xmlbeans/ > >>> > /xmlbeans/FrontPage > >>> > /xmlbeans/HelpContents > >>> > > >>> > Once again, you may not have been properly notified through > >>> > a commit email because our mail servers rejected some of the > >>> > diffs as spam. > >>> > > >>> > Please do the needful, and thanks for being vigilant! > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > Joe Schaefer > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]