Re: github notification spam

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 04:08:08PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 16:06, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 04:05:44PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 15:52, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> >> > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 14:46, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> >> >> After my pg_upgrade commit yesterday, I started receiving dozens of spam
> >> >> emails from github.  I am not sure if it was because I was the
> >> >> committer, or because I am subscribed to the github postgres feed.
> >> >>
> >> >> Anyway, the spam has a URL at the bottom --- if you click on
> >> >> notifications on that page, you can see the spam, and if you click on
> >> >> the user name, and then under the tools gear icon, you can block the
> >> >> user or report them for spam (I recommend both).
> >> >>
> >> >> Eventually you will get an email stating they are investigating the
> >> >> user.  I assume they will eventually figure out how to block this, but
> >> >> for now, I thought other github subscribers and committers should know
> >> >> about the problem.
> >> >
> >> > I have had this issue for well over a week by now. They don't seem
> >> > particularly keen on actually fixing it - they seem mostly happy with
> >> > having it removed from their website after the fact.
> >> >
> >> > I find the more efficient solution to go into your own github account
> >> > settings under "notification center" and just turn it all off.
> >>
> >> As a followup since I got a question on IM - it appears to mostly be
> >> "comments on my commits" that's causing the spam.
> >
> > How does gihub know that the commit made to the Postgres source is the
> > same user name as my github account name?
>
> They both have the same email address. Remember that git commit
> authors are User Name <email(at)com>, not just userid like back in cvs
> days.

Yes, but I am surprised they are doing email linking with Postgres
community commits. It is a creative idea, but not something I would
think people would think of.

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