Re: Spam mail in the bug repository
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:
> > #42371: BIG money sending email !! TOTALLY legal and it REALLY
> > works!!!
> It's spam sent to submit@bugs.debian.org; if you encounter it, reassign it
> to the "spam" pseudo-package, so the Debian spamfighters can send complaints
> to the ISPs involved.
A, yes. Could someone do that please for me, because I'm in hury
and can not read how to do that this time. Thanks.
> > Could this garbage not be avoided by spam filters?
>
> AFAIK, the BTS runs in an mx domain of its own, and handles its email
> itself; apparently its email configuration does not include (effective) spam
> filtering.
Couldn't we do a really effective spam filtering by rejecting
any mail that doesn't fit into the fix scheme which is offered by
the bug program? Any real bug email should have certain tags.
If not the author has to do that. May be I have curious thoughts
about the bug tracking system, but it might work.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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