On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Rob Savoye <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/31/11 09:10, Robinson Tryon wrote: > >> One easy fix, as there are relatively few new legitimate users each >> month, would be to simply require new users to email >> "[email protected]" to get an account. We could just restrict >> access to the create-a-new-account page[1], and post the registration >> email address as an image (to prevent it being harvested for spam). >> There are probably other ways we can reduce the amount of wiki spam we >> get, but this seems quick and easy. > > I'll just note that unless somebody else volunteers, all emails to > "[email protected]" for an account would wind up going to me, > who would then have to add them as a user. This isn't a huge work load > though, but that's how I'd set it up unless somebody else volunteers for > this task. This is less work than removing the spam from the wiki daily > for sure.
I'd be happy to be on the alias list for that email address. The way I've used an registration@ email address in the past is that you just have it forward to a couple of people; the first person to read the email can reply-to-all with a quick "Hi, we're setting up your account now." The user gets a quick response, the admins avoid duplicating efforts, etc. > > We do get a certain amount of minor edits, mostly spelling fixes and > URL updates, but I'd assume those folks won't mind asking if it's clear > we're just trying to reduce spam. Yep, if we just put a note on that registration page "To reduce spam on the wiki, please take the following steps to register: ..." I think that we can avoid pretty much all complaints. _______________________________________________ Gnash-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnash-dev
