Re: github notification spam

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.


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