On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 03:52:39PM +0100, Magnus Hagander 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.
Yes, I just did turn it off because it happened again this morning. I
was a little worried I might miss legitmate email,
-- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB
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