[pygame] spam report

To: "pygame-users@xxxxxxxx" <pygame-users@xxxxxxxx>

Subject: [pygame] spam report

From: René Dudfield <renesd@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 13:31:15 +0100

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Hello,

it looks like the spammers have finally been stopped(so far).

nofollow on links
spam classifier for comments
check new signups against spam black lists
cloudflare web app firewall in front
limit number of signup attempts to 4/hour at flask level
better email validation
block repeated failed attempts at iptables level.
bounce email processing

That's without enabling 'newbies can not post for two hours'. I'll see how this goes over the next week. Fingers crossed it's mostly automated.

cheerio,