Debbugs and spam

[Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>]

Hey all,

Looks like we've gotten to the point where we get so much spam that 
spamscan can't cope with it as fast as it's coming in. I think we need 
to start doing stuff about that; but that implies changing the way the 
BTS behaves; eg, not accepting mail that's not authenticated in some 
way, and not showing the full contents of bug reports to web browsers 
that aren't authenticated in some way.

Certainly I prefer that to the alternatives, which seem to be randomly 
dropping huge chunks of mail and discouraging users from submitting 
bugs, or just plain closing down the BTS; but no doubt lots of people 
will be utterly disgusted by the idea...

Cheers,
aj