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[Bug web/72856] Trottle bug creation for newly created accounts (to limit spam)
- From: "redi at gcc dot gnu.org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 19:56:26 +0000
- Subject: [Bug web/72856] Trottle bug creation for newly created accounts (to limit spam)
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- References: <bug-72856-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72856
--- Comment #9 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Frank Ch. Eigler from comment #6)
> Per-account rate limits seem so easy to overcome, with spammers already
> creating numerous verified junk accounts with ease.
They're using a new account for every bug today, because I'm closing the bugs
as spam as soon as they create them. It isn't stopping them.
> I would suggest focusing on spam-prevention content analysis (spamassassin
> style), and post-spam cleanup (blacklisting, history editing, bug hiding?)
> efforts.
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