Re: Bugzilla spam

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Hello Konstantin,

On 13 July 2016 at 20:37, Konstantin Ryabitsev <mricon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 08:28:18PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> Hello Konstantin,
>>
>> The man-pages Bugzilla component (as well as other components on
>> Bugzilla by the look of things) is receiving vast quantities of spam.
>> What can be done about this? (Just marking the bugs private and
>> closing isn't workable. There's just too many bugs coming in...).
>
> Not much can be done. :( Bugzilla's default spam-fighting capabilities
> are abysmal -- I can't even delete any accounts without installing
> multiple extensions. I'm actively investigating what we can do to
> improve the situation and will follow up shortly.

Okay, thanks. In the meantime, is it possible for you to lock the
man-pages component so that no further bug reports can be made via
that component?

Thanks,

Michael

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