[Tracker-discuss] where's that spam button?

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    Paul> We got a bunch of spam and I thought I would start being spam cop
    Paul> now that I am retired.

    Paul> I thought I read a message about someone installing a spam killer
    Paul> facility for users who had that role. I logged in as admin but did
    Paul> not see it.

    Paul> Was I dreaming?

No, I don't think so.

I have been working on a SpamBayes server for use by web applications like
Trac and Roundup.  I have gotten it to the point where I can score and
manage individual form submissions.  I've been working on a branch of the SB
CVS repository.  We could try checking out that branch on the bugs server
and then integrating it into Roundup.  I'm sure there are going to be
issues, but it's getting closer.

I have no idea where the bug tracker is or what sort of access I can get to
help manage the process.

Architecturally, it's a standalone server which provides a simple scoring
interface via XML-RPC and a separate web management interface.  If you've
ever used the SpamBayes POP3 proxy, you'll find the web management interface
almost identical to the POP3 proxy.  The web management interface needs to
be more widely available than the XML-RPC interface so that we humans can do
the necessary management.  The XML-RPC interface only needs to be available
to the Roundup bug tracker.  I think you'd normally run the server on the
same machine as Roundup and only listen to localhost for both interfaces but
proxy the web interface with Apache and use its authentication mechanism to
restrict access.

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