Issues with mass subscriptions from @yahoo.com addresses
Francesco Lodolo <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.mozilla.localization |
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| Message-ID | <CA+nXC=r6+Vd=UegCV36Vciin6xWTRvBxo8S1Fk85cm-oHLuH4w@mail.gmail.com> |
Hi, We have noticed a surge in activity from @yahoo.com addresses on our mailing lists, with hundreds of users mass subscribing. It's unclear what the goal could be, either setting the stage to send spam in the future, or simply collecting email addresses from mailing list users. To minimize the risk, we have: * Removed all the users with @yahoo.com, trying to exclude known contributors. * Switched the subscription settings to "Confirm and approve", meaning that a new subscriber will need to both confirm the subscription by clicking a link sent to them, and get approval from a moderator. This will inevitably delay the process of subscribing to a mailing list. * Banned @yahoo.com addresses from subscribing. The last step was necessary, since the volume (about 60 subscriptions in 12 hours for dev-l10n) was making it impossible to act on real users trying to subscribe. If you see this message on other channels and found yourself unsubscribed by mistake, or are aware of contributors using @yahoo.com addresses willing to subscribe, please get in touch directly, since we can manually subscribe users, overriding the domain block. Sorry for any possible inconvenience caused by this change. Francesco