Re: github notification spam

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.

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