On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Joel Sherrill <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 1:21 PM, > <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is the Teaching Open Source policy concerning Unsolicited > > Commercial Email, also known as SPAM? What are we doing to attempt to > > control it? > > > > I've found some apparent Search Engine Optimization (SEO) attempts in > > the wiki User: files. For example, > > http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/User:Aarenpcaseym > > > > There are so many apparently automatically generated files like > > User:Aarenpcaseym that only about one in three User: files actually > > refers to a human being. On 10 August 2010, I emptied > > User:Declanlstewarth. On 14 August 2010, it was back with slightly > > different contents. I emptied it again and it has not been refreshed. > > I think it is evident from this we may have a difficult task, but to > > do nothing means a consumption of data space. > > At rtems.org, I try to check the recent changes every few days for this > stuff. We have email confirmation on. Then I delete it, ban user and > email permanently, ban IP for an arbitrary but finite period, etc. This is > with Mediawiki and we have turned on all the standard anti-spam stuff. > We haven't stooped to using a captcha to write yet. > > I also host/maintain an Elvis Costello fan site. Primarily a Mediawiki > and PhPBB board. There are so many spam account registrations that > I have had to stoop to banning entire countries. That is extreme and > only appropriate when the material isn't as general as a FOSS project > or TOS material. But it is possible to block entire ISPs which prove > sources of trouble. The key issue is that you have to track down > hot spots and smack them. That's work also. :( > > Technical solutions are just that -- technical. They work for a while > until the bad guy gets around them. And they can irritate and > block legitimate users. It is a balancing act and continuous struggle. > > If anyone has better solutions I am all ears. :) > > --joel sherrill See this thread: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2010-July/034683.html --Fred <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2010-July/034683.html>
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