Subject: Re: [boost] Trac getting spammed
From: Dean Michael Berris (dberris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-08-17 21:35:10
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Gavin Lambert <gavinl_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
>
>> On 17/08/2014 14:52, Rene Rivera wrote:
>>
>>> PS. I should mention that whomever created that particular spam item went
>>> through the trouble of correctly filling out the captcha.
>>>
>>
>> How is it that spammers can see the captcha when regular users can't?
>>
>> (Mind you, it's been a few months since I last [unsuccessfully] tried to
>> use Trac; maybe that's been fixed in the interim.)
>
>
> I don't know.. The problem is that when I've tried to replicate the issue
> it's worked for me. Which might boil down to having the right browser, or
> OS, or whatever the interwebs wants these days. Trust me.. It's frustrating
> from all points of view :-( Especially my view that thinks the anti-spam
> measures should not be needed.
>
Anybody considered whether just using GitHub's issue tracker is worth
it? There's really not much value to using Trac anymore now that all
the libraries are now in GitHub.