[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#5448) SPAM! in RT!

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> [paulz - Thu Aug 28 16:08:05 2003]:
> 
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 11:40:11AM -0700, Jason Short wrote:
> >
> > [dspeyer@xxxxxxxxxxx - Wed Aug 27 13:29:21 2003]:
> >
> > > John Wheeler wrote:
> > >
> > > >Tickets with the subject "Your Details", "Thank you!", "Re: Your
> > > >application", and "Re: That Movie" all appear to be some kind of
> virus
> > > >or spam attack, with an attached .pif file.  In addition to
> killing
> > > >them, I suggest something be done to stop them.  The only thing I
> can
> > > >think of is only allowing people registered in the RT system
> (including
> > > >rt-guest) to create tickets.  Humans would still be able to add
> them
> > > >through logging in to the web site as guest.
> >
> > They all come through e-mails to rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (or
> > bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).  Problem is we really want to leave this
> open
> > so people can report bugs there.
> >
> > > Might I propose the simple solution that we block all .pif
> attachments?
> > > Maybe all exe, com, bat, scr, and vbs too while we're at it.  I
> can't
> > > think of any conceivable use for any of them (unlike png and diff,
> which
> > > are vital)
> >
> > Paul, is this feasible?
> 
> Yes, and I plan to add all this in the switch to RT3.  I'm planning on
> putting Spamassassin and some procmail recipes in front of RT.
> 
> Are there any complaints about RT3 right now (besides it being slow)?
> If not, I'll work on switching things over after I get back from
> vacation ~Sept 15.
> 
> >
> > > OTOH, are you *sure* that they're coming through RT?  Remember
> that this
> > > virus forges its "from" line.
> >
> > They're all in the RT database.  50-90% of the RT tickets are spam.
> > It's really annoying to kill them all.  But there's nothing _I_ can
> do
> > to fix it, and the RT maintainers haven't come up with anything
> yet...
> >

Ok, it took me a while, but here we are.
-- 
Paul Zastoupil