Bug#381042: mailman: subscription spam prevention

2006-08-04 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 09:28 +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > >> How does it try to achieve that? > > > On a per-list basis, it prevents the same email address from > > attempting to subscribe more than once. It does this by checking the > > request pickle and the confirmations pickle for the li

Bug#381042: mailman: subscription spam prevention

2006-08-04 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 03:10:06PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 08:54 +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: >>> Please apply the attached patch which prevents extra subscription >>> spam. >> How does it try to achieve that? > On a per-list basis, it prevents the same email address

Bug#381042: mailman: subscription spam prevention

2006-08-04 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:02:59AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > Please apply the attached patch which prevents extra subscription > spam. How does it try to achieve that? Does it rate-throttle the subscriptions attempts for a particular email? Does it allow for an initial burst, for when a legitimat

Bug#381042: mailman: subscription spam prevention

2006-08-04 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 08:54 +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > > Please apply the attached patch which prevents extra subscription > > spam. > > How does it try to achieve that? Does it rate-throttle the > subscriptions attempts for a particular email? Does it allow for an > initial burst, for wh

Bug#381042: mailman: subscription spam prevention

2006-08-01 Thread Paul Wise
Package: mailman Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Please apply the attached patch which prevents extra subscription spam. By this I mean that on lists where admin approval is required for subscription, an annoying user could attempt to subscribe the same email address over and over again, spamming t