[geeklog-devtalk] Spam warnings?

[Tom Willett]

Dirk Haun wrote:


>I'm beginning to think that we should set up our own spam warning /

>reporting system. geeklog.net is a huge magnet for those scumbags, so why

>not take advantage of that?

>

>Version 1.0 of the SpamX plugin had an option to publish its own

>blacklist. Maybe we could re-introduce that. Tom?

>

>

>The poker spammer, for example, has just switched to refinance spam

>(mortgage, etc.). His new domain is doobu DOT com, which doesn't show up

>in the MT blacklist yet.

>

>You may also want to check your referrer logs for websites advertising

>DVD copying software.

>

>bye, Dirk

>

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We could easily introduce a central spam log like mtblacklist.  All the 
code is there to import an rss feed containing the spam list.  That is 
how mtblacklist is distributed and we could do the same.  All that would 
need to be done is choose a server to host the rss feed and develop a 
couple of utilities to add to it.  I do think that like the mtblacklist 
the entries should be moderated.  I already have rough geeklog admin 
pages to add and delete entries from a rss feed.  I am not volunteering 
to moderate the central blacklist, but I could provide the code to do 
it.  Its already written.