Re: github notification spam

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 04:05:44PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 15:52, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 14:46, Bruce Momjian <bruce@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?

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