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John Maddock

15 Aug 2014 15 Aug '14

7:51 a.m.

We seem to be getting more than the usual amount of spam on the Trac recently, I've deleted quite a few, but I bet there are others I haven't seen. Latest is https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10358 Anyone any ideas for blocking these guys? Thanks, John.

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Rene Rivera

15 Aug 15 Aug

3:12 p.m.

I delete that one.. If there are other please point them out so we can delete them. Other than reporting the entry as spam to Askimet the only other thing we can do is add to our content filter at < https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/BadContent>. Any matching regex in that list will get spam treatment. On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 2:51 AM, John Maddock wrote:

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We seem to be getting more than the usual amount of spam on the Trac recently, I've deleted quite a few, but I bet there are others I haven't seen. Latest is https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10358

Anyone any ideas for blocking these guys?

Thanks, John.

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Andrey Semashev

17 Aug 17 Aug

2:20 a.m.

On Friday 15 August 2014 10:12:31 Rene Rivera wrote:

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On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 2:51 AM, John Maddock

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We seem to be getting more than the usual amount of spam on the Trac recently, I've deleted quite a few, but I bet there are others I haven't seen. Latest is https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10358

Anyone any ideas for blocking these guys?

I delete that one.. If there are other please point them out so we can delete them. Other than reporting the entry as spam to Askimet the only other thing we can do is add to our content filter at < https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/BadContent>. Any matching regex in that list will get spam treatment.

Could this one also be deleted? https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10365

Rene Rivera

2:49 a.m.

Done.. And filter added. And reported to Askimet as spam. Thanks for finding it. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Andrey Semashev wrote:

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On Friday 15 August 2014 10:12:31 Rene Rivera wrote:

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On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 2:51 AM, John Maddock
wrote:

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We seem to be getting more than the usual amount of spam on the Trac recently, I've deleted quite a few, but I bet there are others I haven't seen. Latest is https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10358

Anyone any ideas for blocking these guys?

I delete that one.. If there are other please point them out so we can delete them. Other than reporting the entry as spam to Askimet the only other thing we can do is add to our content filter at < https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/BadContent>. Any matching regex in that list will get spam treatment.

Could this one also be deleted?

https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10365

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Rene Rivera

2:52 a.m.

PS. I should mention that whomever created that particular spam item went through the trouble of correctly filling out the captcha. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Rene Rivera wrote:

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Done.. And filter added. And reported to Askimet as spam. Thanks for finding it.

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Andrey Semashev < andrey.semashev@gmail.com> wrote:

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On Friday 15 August 2014 10:12:31 Rene Rivera wrote:

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On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 2:51 AM, John Maddock < jz.maddock@googlemail.com>

wrote:

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We seem to be getting more than the usual amount of spam on the Trac recently, I've deleted quite a few, but I bet there are others I haven't seen. Latest is https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10358

Anyone any ideas for blocking these guys?

I delete that one.. If there are other please point them out so we can delete them. Other than reporting the entry as spam to Askimet the only other thing we can do is add to our content filter at < https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/BadContent>. Any matching regex in that list will get spam treatment.

Could this one also be deleted?

https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10365

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Tim Blechmann

8:22 a.m.

one more: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7979#comment:12

Rene Rivera

18 Aug 18 Aug

1:30 a.m.

Deleted. On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 3:22 AM, Tim Blechmann wrote:

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one more: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7979#comment:12

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Daniel Frey

8:15 p.m.

On 18.08.2014, at 03:30, Rene Rivera wrote:

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Deleted.

Two more please: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10372 and https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10191 Thank you, Daniel

Rene Rivera

8:30 p.m.

Taken care of. Along with more point tweaking for that particular spammer. On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Daniel Frey wrote:

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On 18.08.2014, at 03:30, Rene Rivera wrote:

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Deleted.

Two more please:

https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10372

and

https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10191

Thank you, Daniel

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Gavin Lambert

17 Aug 17 Aug

11:37 p.m.

On 17/08/2014 14:52, Rene Rivera wrote:

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PS. I should mention that whomever created that particular spam item went through the trouble of correctly filling out the captcha.

How is it that spammers can see the captcha when regular users can't? (Mind you, it's been a few months since I last [unsuccessfully] tried to use Trac; maybe that's been fixed in the interim.)

Rene Rivera

18 Aug 18 Aug

1:32 a.m.

On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Gavin Lambert wrote:

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On 17/08/2014 14:52, Rene Rivera wrote:

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PS. I should mention that whomever created that particular spam item went through the trouble of correctly filling out the captcha.

How is it that spammers can see the captcha when regular users can't?

(Mind you, it's been a few months since I last [unsuccessfully] tried to use Trac; maybe that's been fixed in the interim.)

I don't know.. The problem is that when I've tried to replicate the issue it's worked for me. Which might boil down to having the right browser, or OS, or whatever the interwebs wants these days. Trust me.. It's frustrating from all points of view :-( Especially my view that thinks the anti-spam measures should not be needed. -- -- Rene Rivera -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Robot Dreams - http://robot-dreams.net -- rrivera/acm.org (msn) - grafikrobot/aim,yahoo,skype,efnet,gmail

Dean Michael Berris

1:35 a.m.

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Rene Rivera wrote:

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On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Gavin Lambert wrote:

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On 17/08/2014 14:52, Rene Rivera wrote:

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PS. I should mention that whomever created that particular spam item went through the trouble of correctly filling out the captcha.

How is it that spammers can see the captcha when regular users can't?

(Mind you, it's been a few months since I last [unsuccessfully] tried to use Trac; maybe that's been fixed in the interim.)

I don't know.. The problem is that when I've tried to replicate the issue it's worked for me. Which might boil down to having the right browser, or OS, or whatever the interwebs wants these days. Trust me.. It's frustrating from all points of view :-( Especially my view that thinks the anti-spam measures should not be needed.

Anybody considered whether just using GitHub's issue tracker is worth it? There's really not much value to using Trac anymore now that all the libraries are now in GitHub.

Vicente J. Botet Escriba

30 Aug 30 Aug

12:54 p.m.

Le 17/08/14 04:49, Rene Rivera a écrit :

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Done.. And filter added. And reported to Askimet as spam. Thanks for finding it.

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Andrey Semashev wrote:

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On Friday 15 August 2014 10:12:31 Rene Rivera wrote:

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On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 2:51 AM, John Maddock
wrote:

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We seem to be getting more than the usual amount of spam on the Trac recently, I've deleted quite a few, but I bet there are others I haven't seen. Latest is https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10358

Anyone any ideas for blocking these guys?

I delete that one.. If there are other please point them out so we can delete them. Other than reporting the entry as spam to Askimet the only other thing we can do is add to our content filter at < https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/BadContent>. Any matching regex in that list will get spam treatment. Could this one also be deleted?

https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10365

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Adam Wulkiewicz

25 Aug 25 Aug

12:36 p.m.

Rene Rivera wrote:

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I delete that one.. If there are other please point them out so we can delete them. Other than reporting the entry as spam to Askimet the only other thing we can do is add to our content filter at < https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/BadContent>. Any matching regex in that list will get spam treatment.

Another one: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10396

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Adam Wulkiewicz
Andrey Semashev
Daniel Frey
Dean Michael Berris
Gavin Lambert
John Maddock
Rene Rivera
Tim Blechmann
Vicente J. Botet Escriba