Re: github notification spam

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 16:39, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 04:08:08PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 16:06, Bruce Momjian <bruce@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 <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?
>>
>> 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.
>
> Yes, but I am surprised they are doing email linking with Postgres
> community commits.   It is a creative idea, but not something I would
> think people would think of.

It's because we push a mirror of our git repository to github. they
don't track our actual community repository, just the mirror.

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