Am 27.10.2006 um 00:35 schrieb Christopher Lenz:
> FYI: Akismet has been having a really high rate of false positive
> lately, we've seen the same problems with it at trac.edgewall.org.
> I've filed a support request but haven't heard back.
>
> Anyway, this whole issue has provoked me to completely overhaul the
> Trac SpamFilter plugin today. It's now based on a Karma/Score system
> that lets you fine tune how much of an effect any single spam filter
> "strategy" has on the overall outcome. Using the default values, when
> a user sets up their name or email address on the settings screen,
> that would overrule an Akismet spam response. Also, the plugin now
> provides much better means for monitoring what's going on. And more
> to come very soon (traiing, anyone?)
>
> Probably worth a try for code.djangoproject.com, and IMHO better than
> requiring registration and a password just to file a ticket.

Continuing the monologue... See:

   <http://www.cmlenz.net/blog/2006/11/managing_trac_s.html>

We're now running 0.10dev and SpamFilter 0.2dev on edgewall.org (for  
the Trac and Genshi projects). The Akismet filter is pretty much  
disabled since yesterday due to Akismet still being a bitch. We  
currently rely mostly on SpamBayes, IP blacklisting, and simply  
counting external links. SpamBayes is trained with about 25 ham and  
spam submissions, each.

Results so far: zero false positives and not a single spam submission  
getting through, while stilling allowing anonymous users to submit  
content. And spammers are hitting us at a rate of between 50-100  
submissions per hour (which doesn't include those manually blocked by  
IP that Trac doesn't even see, which would multiply that number). I'm  
sure the spam bots will grow smarter and get around these measures at  
some point, but it'll take them some time (judging by how primitive  
they are right now that'd be a long time.)

I'm not sure what the spam situation on code.djangoproject.com is  
right now, but in any case I'd recommend you guys do update to 0.10  
and install the new SpamFilter. Feel free to ping me (cmlenz on  
#trac) if you have any questions.

Cheers,
Chris
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Christopher Lenz
   cmlenz at gmx.de
   http://www.cmlenz.net/


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