Re: [pygame] pygame.org - update finished!

[JoN <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoting "Dave LeCompte (really)" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> René Dudfield <renesd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Yeah, another good idea.  I was thinking the same thing just today.
> >
> > I'll have to add a user option for emails too... something like 'don't
> > email me'.  Also there'd have to be a limit on the amount of emails
> > sent to try and stop spam... and other anti spam messages.
> 
> The whole task of managing spam can grow without bounds, but a few
> thoughts on this:
> 
> - only allow logged in users to send mail to other users (no anonymous
> emails)
> 
> - a link could be put in at the bottom of the mail to report back to the
> pygame server that the mail was spam. This could help track abuse, which
> could lead to locking the abusive account, and perhaps other accounts
> created from the same IP address.
> 

good ideas, but i'd avoid anything to do with IP addresses, cos of proxies and
firewalls.


> -Dave LeCompte
> 




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