On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 16:06, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.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 <mag...@hagander.net> wrote: >> > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 14:46, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.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@com>, not just userid like back in cvs days. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
