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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>We have similars problems with our wiki, even pass the captchas!<div>For new users, you can add an option to someone (an admin) validate</div><div>each new account?</div><div><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> From: cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com<br>> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 09:28:33 -0500<br>> To: localization@lists.laptop.org<br>> Subject: [Localization] Pootle registrations under attack<br>> <br>> Dear Localizers,<br>> <br>> Our Pootle instance has come to the attention of what appears to be<br>> several forum spam-registration bots. There have been a flood of<br>> dozens per day of registrations from e-mail addresses that are<br>> identifiable as clearly spam-related (e.g. listed on botscout and<br>> stopforumspam sites). Unfortunately, one or more of them are fairly<br>> sophisticated and have been able to parse the activation URL out of<br>> the registration e-mail and activate their accounts. Whereas<br>> unregistered users are typically only able to make suggestions,<br>> registered users are generally able to actually submit translations.<br>> <br>> This is a real problem with a tool like Pootle, which does not (yet)<br>> have an easy capability to rollback changes or identify changes by<br>> source (like MediaWiki or a VCS). In order to preserve the integrity<br>> of our hard-earned translations, I have disabled self-service<br>> registration on our Pootle instance while I seek a solution for the<br>> registration issue. This will not effect existing users, only new<br>> users seeking to register.<br>> <br>> If you are recruiting new localizers (and I hope you are), please have<br>> them contact me, ideally via this list, to be registered on Pootle.<br>> <br>> cjl<br>> Sugar Labs Translation Team Coordinator<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Localization mailing list<br>> Localization@lists.laptop.org<br>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/localization<br></div></div> </div></body>
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