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On 05/29/2014 10:29 AM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
On Thu, 29 May 2014 06:11:36 -0400 Rahul Sundaram
<metherid(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> FWIW, I have deleted well over a dozen accounts and hundred
> questions in the last few days and several new user accounts
> even after this mail was posted. It is likely a single
> persistent spammer and perhaps scripted. Some serious measures
> are needed at this point since some of us constantly deleting
> users accounts and postings just isn't scalable.
Yeah, I have blocked a number of their accounts and deleted rafts
of posts too. ;(
> Possible options
>
> * Block by IP address
I looked at this a few days ago, and it didn't seem they were
coming from any IP in particular. :( I can look again tho.
> * Limit open id signs to just Fedora accounts
We could. How much outcry would this get from the people that use
other providers though? I think there's lots of people using
google/etc...
When I looked at a few of this spammers accounts they seemed to all
be yahoo? I'd be perfectly fine blocking yahoo auth, but then they
could just use another one.
> *
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/stopforumspam/ *
>
https://www.djangopackages.com/grids/g/anti-spam/
Would need packaging and testing...
If they're all coming in through Yahoo, then disabling that would be a
stopgap at least until we can find a more effective anti-spam solution.
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