Re: spam scripts on vim.org

On 25/09/12 16:21, Charles Campbell wrote:
> Charles Campbell wrote:
>>> I admit that I don't know how to do this, but perhaps the anti-spam
>>> scheme for the mail-list (all new posters need to be approved by our
>> It was not about the mailinglist, but about strange image files found at
>> www.vim.org.
>> Spam at mailinglist? You can't approve, because you can't be sure about
>> the origin of emails (open relay problem).
>> Thus It could be me abusing a different email sending using your email
>> address.
>>
>> Thus for the ml case the only true way would be use good spam systems -
>> or do it manually. There are 5000 hits a day on www.vim.org. We could
>> show the message and ask visitors to tell whether it looks like spam :)
>> (funny idea - how well it would work - no idea) ..
>>
>> To proof my point I just wrote this message abusing your origin ..
>>
>> And this is why you should never trust email content
> Um, that isn't what I said, or at least not what I intended to say. So,
> I'll break it down a bit:
>
> * as I understand, currently we have moderators for our mailing list
> * these moderators approve of new posters to the mailing list
> * new posters have to wait before their postings get relayed to the
> mailing list
> * we don't have a similar setup for new script postings to www.vim.org
> * instead, we have after-the-fact inspection of postings, even from new
> posters, to www.vim.org
> * proposal: to have "moderators" approve of new www.vim.org posters's
> offerings, and, like with the mailing list, usual access to www.vim.org
> after such approval is granted
>
> (I can't return the favor to post this as if it were from you because
> GSFC's outgoing system won't let me :|, unless I were to do it while at
> home, and I'm busy tonight)
>
> Regards,
> Chip Campbell
>

I can do it (by jumping through some hoops: setting a SeaMonkey identity
isn't an obvious thing). What I cannot do is spoof Marc's "Sup/git"
user-agent.

Best regards,
Tony.
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