Quoting "Dave LeCompte (really)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > René Dudfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yeah, another good idea. I was thinking the same thing just today. > > > > I'll have to add a user option for emails too... something like 'don't > > email me'. Also there'd have to be a limit on the amount of emails > > sent to try and stop spam... and other anti spam messages. > > The whole task of managing spam can grow without bounds, but a few > thoughts on this: > > - only allow logged in users to send mail to other users (no anonymous > emails) > > - a link could be put in at the bottom of the mail to report back to the > pygame server that the mail was spam. This could help track abuse, which > could lead to locking the abusive account, and perhaps other accounts > created from the same IP address. >
good ideas, but i'd avoid anything to do with IP addresses, cos of proxies and firewalls. > -Dave LeCompte > -------------------------------------------------------------------- Come and visit Web Prophets Website at http://www.webprophets.net.au