Re: a spammer has closed many bugs
On 2025-08-08 08:03:08 +0200, Étienne Mollier wrote:
> Yes, from time to time, spammers harvest -done debbugs email
> addresses and this interferes with the proper operation of the
> bug tracker; I agree this is mighty annoying. At the end of
> each bug entry, there is a paragraph:
>
> >> Send a report that this bug log contains spam[1].
>
> allowing reporting through the web interface.
I don't think I should download and scan one million web pages to
find which ones are affected by this spammer. Some Debian admin
can probably do better with some logs.
> I guess it is
> also possible to just use the link [1] and replace the NNNNNNN
> by the actual bug number for a shortcut. I don't know what
> further processing goes after that, but I thought I would
> advertise this, as I believe it is a well hidden functionality.
I used that in the past, hoping that spam would be removed,
but IIRC, nothing was done.
Here, the goal is essentially to reopen the wrongly closed bugs.
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