[Clipart] new kind of problem

[Jon Phillips]

We need to assess how bad the problem is and also how much people are using
messaging to get accurate picture.

Brad how to tell?
On Jan 5, 2013 11:56 AM, "Brad Phillips" <brad at bradphillips.org> wrote:

> But are a few spam messages here and there worth completely disabling
> comments/messaging?  I personally don't think so.  I think communication is
> more valuable than the space between now and completely revamped code.
>  Perhaps email notification of new messages can be temporarily disabled, if
> it's becoming an annoyance?  Even then, though, users can opt out of
> receiving those emails directly from their manage profile page.
>
> On Jan 4, 2013, at 5:54 AM, Jon Phillips <jon at fabricatorz.com> wrote:
>
> We need to stop the bleeding first, then fix the problem.
> On Jan 4, 2013 7:35 PM, "Jakub Jankiewicz" <jcubic at onet.pl> wrote:
>
>> This is the same issue as with comments do we need to disable them too?
>> I think that we need to ban users that send spam and have email
>> verification on registration. If that will not help I don't know what
>> will.
>>
>> Jakub
>>
>> On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 03:13:39 -0800
>> Jon Phillips <jon at fabricatorz.com> wrote:
>>
>> > This is really bad problem, we should disable messaging now
>> > immediately.
>> >
>> > Jon
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:24 PM, S.Kemter <sirko.kemter at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > thats not what I spoke of thats what I delete every night
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > 2013/1/3 Cyber Gédéon <cybergedeon at gmail.com>
>> > >
>> > >>
>> > >> Hi,
>> > >> Yes , thats famalegoods.com , an exctract of the message :
>> > >>
>> > >> Open Clip Art Library <noreply at openclipart.org>
>> > >>
>> > >> 29/12/12 (Il y a 5 jours)
>> > >>
>> > >> à moi
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> ovuofdau said: famalegoods.com ---
>> > >>
>> > >> free shipping
>> > >> competitive price
>> > >> any size available
>> > >> accept the paypal
>> > >>
>> > >> Air jordan(1-24)shoes $33  ....etc .....
>> > >> ...etc......etc....etc
>> > >> This is for a comment on the clipart found at :
>> > >> http://www.openclipart.org/**detail/173949<
>> http://www.openclipart.org/detail/173949>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Le 03/01/2013 12:44, S.Kemter a écrit :
>> > >>
>> > >>> Hi,
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> you mean the famalegoods spam?
>> > >>>
>> > >>> 2013/1/3 Cyber Gédéon <cybergedeon at gmail.com <mailto:
>> > >>> cybergedeon at gmail.com>**>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>     Hi
>> > >>>     I have the same problems, (about 5 spams for a week)
>> > >>>
>> > >>>     Le 03/01/2013 11:36, Jon Phillips a écrit :
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>         Yes we should investigate this more and think it has to do
>> > >>>         with the messaging system between users. If this is
>> > >>> happening to others, I think good to disable this system now and
>> > >>> file the issues to add this to the new site code on the future.
>> > >>>         Others thoughts?
>> > >>>
>> > >>>         On Jan 2, 2013 2:33 PM, "S.Kemter"
>> > >>>         <buergermeister at karl-tux-**stadt.de<
>> buergermeister at karl-tux-stadt.de>
>> > >>>         <mailto:buergermeister at karl-**tux-stadt.de<
>> buergermeister at karl-tux-stadt.de>
>> > >>> >
>> > >>>         <mailto:buergermeister at karl-**tux-stadt.de<
>> buergermeister at karl-tux-stadt.de>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>         <mailto:buergermeister at karl-**tux-stadt.de<
>> buergermeister at karl-tux-stadt.de>>>>
>> > >>> wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>>             Hi,
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>             the chinese spammer is quiet since days yeah, but
>> > >>> there is a new
>> > >>>             thing.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>             I got this message an hour ago:
>> > >>>
>> > >>>             Hi We are a mentally ill married couple living in Cape
>> > >>>         Town. We
>> > >>>             are struglling to live every month. Would you like to
>> > >>>         donate one
>> > >>>             of your images (Hand Truck) to us, including all
>> > >>> rights to the
>> > >>>             image? We would like to upload it to a microstock
>> > >>> site for money.
>> > >>>             We are desperate at this stage. Many thanks Regards
>> > >>> Oliver
>> > >>>
>> > >>>             same person asked me a month ago the same thing. I by
>> > >>> myself consider that as an kind of nigerian fraud question is, if
>> > >>>         I am
>> > >>>             the only one who got that?
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>             br gnokii
>> > >>>
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>> > >>> make me rich, buy my Inkscape book http://is.gd/yq5OD0 ;)
>> > >>>
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