On Thu, 29 May 2014 06:11:36 -0400
Rahul Sundaram <metherid(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi
FWIW, I have deleted well over a dozen accounts and hundred
questions in the last few days and several new user accounts even
after this mail was posted. It is likely a single persistent spammer
and perhaps scripted. Some serious measures are needed at this point
since some of us constantly deleting users accounts and postings just
isn't scalable.
Yeah, I have blocked a number of their accounts and deleted rafts of
posts too. ;(
Possible options
* Block by IP address
I looked at this a few days ago, and it didn't seem they were coming
from any IP in particular. :( I can look again tho.
* Limit open id signs to just Fedora accounts
We could. How much outcry would this get from the people that use other
providers though? I think there's lots of people using google/etc...
When I looked at a few of this spammers accounts they seemed to all be
yahoo? I'd be perfectly fine blocking yahoo auth, but then they could
just use another one.
Would need packaging and testing...
kevin