Has any of the sysadmins done an investigation on the source of these
subscriptions? Is is a few specific IPs?
Mailman can be patched to support reCAPTCHA[1] so maybe we should consider
using that?
While the issue of multiple subscriptions is seen as an annoyance right
now, it indeed signifies a higher underlying issue: mailman (at least in
the way it is configured for WMF lists) does not prevent this kind of abuse.
[1]
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 8:10 PM, Andy Cruz y Corro <andycyca(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I tried commenting out the subscription form for
volunteer-supporters [1],
as Leon suggested, yet I'm still getting some subscription requests. How
are these bots sending through their requests?
Also, as someone mentioned in another email, the regex "^.*$" is for
subscription, but not for *subscription requests*
Has anyone had luck with any other method?
[1]:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/volunteer-supporters
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 2:17 PM, Leon Liesener <leon.liesener(a)wikipedia.de
wrote:
That depends. In case you have the default page
design the code snippet
should look like
<div class="box-content" id="subscribe">
<h3 class="title title01">Subscribe</h3>
<MM-Subscribe-Form-Start>
<table>
<tr><td>Your e-mail
address:</td><td><MM-Subscribe
-Box></td></tr>
<tr><td>Your name (optional):</td><td><mm-fullna
me-box></td></tr>
<!-- Optional Password Fields (can leave out for public lists
as Mailman auto-generates) -->
<!-- Password reminders can always be requested through web
interface -->
<!-- Most likely only to be used with lists with private
archives or subscription lists -->
<!--
<tr><td>Password:</td><td><MM-New-Password-Box></td></tr>
-->
<!-- <tr><td>Confirm
Password:</td><td><MM-Confirm-Password></td></tr>
-->
<!-- Part of the multilingual selector below -->
<tr><td>Preferred
language:</td><td><MM-list-langs></td></tr>
</table>
<p><MM-Reminder></p>
<p><mm-digest-question-start> Would you like to receive list
mail batched in a daily digest?
<MM-Undigest-Radio-Button> No <MM-Digest-Radio-Button> Yes
<mm-digest-question-end></p>
<!-- MM-List-Subscription-Msg gives extra details about the
subscription rules of the list -->
<!-- This is optional, and will include variations between
subscription rules (confirm vs confirm and approve) -->
<!-- On the majority of lists this can be commented out as
subscription rules will simply be confirm -->
<MM-List-Subscription-Msg>
<p style="text-align: center"><MM-Subscribe-Button><
MM-Form-End></p>
</div>
which would remove the entire "Subscribe" section, including the
subscription form.
Regards,
Leon
Am 11.05.2018 um 20:25 schrieb Trijnstel wp <trijnstel(a)hotmail.com>om>:
The regex isn't working for me either. @Leon Liesener: what exactly
should I remove in the HTML interface?
I'm afraid I will remove too much...
Trijnstel
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Patrick Rother <krd(a)gulu.net>
*Verzonden:* vrijdag 11 mei 2018 19:35
*Aan:* listadmins(a)lists.wikimedia.org
*Onderwerp:* Re: [List admins]
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Hello.
Am 11.05.18 um 00:47 schrieb James Alexander:
I can't speak for doing it globally but on
your own lists you can go
to the Subscription rules (under privacy options) and add "^.*$" (no
quotes, this bans "everything") to a new line under List of addresses
which are banned from membership in this mailing list (the
'ban_list'). It will also ban you from adding people manually but you
can temporarily remove it and add back. I've done this on a couple
lists I moderate which didn't generally accept new subscriptions
anyway atm and has stopped the spam.
That doesn't work for "my"
lists, there are still subscriptions, and as
I deleted more than 500 pending requests manually today, I again kindly
request any global solution. Please!
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