Re: spammer closing bug report
On 02.03.20 21:34, Alexis Murzeau wrote: > Hi, > >> Most likely it has been BCC'ed, that's what spammers like to do when >> they send the same mail to thousands of recipients. >> > > Indeed, this can be seen by clicking on "full text" here in the bug report: > --- > Reply sent to nore...@no.com: > You have taken responsibility. (Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:00:05 GMT) (full > text, mbox, link). > --- > > Then on Message part 3 here (which is the original message sent by the > spammer): > --- > [Message part 3 (message/rfc822, inline)] > --- > > The first line contains 492400-done, so it was in Bcc: > --- > Received: (at 492400-done) by bugs.debian.org; 2 Mar 2020 13:56:49 + > --- Ah, thanks for shining the light on this Alexis and Sven! *t
Re: spammer closing bug report
Hi, > Most likely it has been BCC'ed, that's what spammers like to do when > they send the same mail to thousands of recipients. > Indeed, this can be seen by clicking on "full text" here in the bug report: --- Reply sent to nore...@no.com: You have taken responsibility. (Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:00:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link). --- Then on Message part 3 here (which is the original message sent by the spammer): --- [Message part 3 (message/rfc822, inline)] --- The first line contains 492400-done, so it was in Bcc: --- Received: (at 492400-done) by bugs.debian.org; 2 Mar 2020 13:56:49 + --- -- Alexis Murzeau PGP: B7E6 0EBB 9293 7B06 BDBC 2787 E7BD 1904 F480 937F signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: spammer closing bug report
On 2020-03-02 20:24 +0100, Tomas Pospisek wrote: > On 02.03.20 18:06, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2020-03-02 17:20 +0100, Tomas Pospisek wrote: >> >>> I just got a mail from the BTS, that this spam mail [1] has closed the >>> bug report. I can't spot why that spam mail would close the report. Can you? >> >> Without even looking at the bug in question: because it had been closed >> (and reopened) before, and spammers have noticed and harvested the >> nn-d...@bugs.debian.org address. > > With looking at the bug in question: no, I don't think so. There's no > -done address in that mail as far as I can see. Most likely it has been BCC'ed, that's what spammers like to do when they send the same mail to thousands of recipients. Cheers, Sven
Re: spammer closing bug report
On 02.03.20 18:06, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2020-03-02 17:20 +0100, Tomas Pospisek wrote: > >> I just got a mail from the BTS, that this spam mail [1] has closed the >> bug report. I can't spot why that spam mail would close the report. Can you? > > Without even looking at the bug in question: because it had been closed > (and reopened) before, and spammers have noticed and harvested the > nn-d...@bugs.debian.org address. With looking at the bug in question: no, I don't think so. There's no -done address in that mail as far as I can see. That is why I am asking. >> Possibly other bugreports have been closed by similar spams, I don't >> know (this - BTS cleaning - would still be an area I'd like to get >> involved in... if BTS maintainers are listening, interested and would do >> some handholding then please tell). > > This issue has been discussed for at least 16 years[1], so don't hold > your breath. > > Cheers, >Sven > > 1. https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/03/thrd2.html#00847 I'm offering my help and breathing on as usual. *t
Re: spammer closing bug report
On 2020-03-02 17:20 +0100, Tomas Pospisek wrote: > I just got a mail from the BTS, that this spam mail [1] has closed the > bug report. I can't spot why that spam mail would close the report. Can you? Without even looking at the bug in question: because it had been closed (and reopened) before, and spammers have noticed and harvested the nn-d...@bugs.debian.org address. > Possibly other bugreports have been closed by similar spams, I don't > know (this - BTS cleaning - would still be an area I'd like to get > involved in... if BTS maintainers are listening, interested and would do > some handholding then please tell). This issue has been discussed for at least 16 years[1], so don't hold your breath. Cheers, Sven 1. https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/03/thrd2.html#00847
