Re: [boost] Trac SPAM.

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-16 07:41:16

on Mon Jul 16 2007, Paul Giaccone <paulg-AT-cinesite.co.uk> wrote:

> Rene Rivera wrote:
>> Recently we've had SPAM posted to the Boost trac, which I deleted almost 
>> immediately. I suspect that the SPAM will increase as the Boost Trac 
>> becomes "known" to the spammers. Hence it would be nice to cut off as 
>> much of the SPAM as possible now. So I'm requesting that we put in some 
>> SPAM filtering into Trac. Specifically there's a plugin from Edgewall 
>> that offers a variety of filtering methods 
>> <http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/SpamFilter>.
>
> FWIW, SPAM is the tinned meat product, and is usually spelled "Spam" 
> (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_%28food%29). In computing, it's 
> "spam" (lower-case "s").

See also http://www.flybynightclub.com/spam.html

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