[Tracker-discuss] [issue105] Dealing with spam

[Doug Napoleone]

Martin v. Löwis added the comment:
> Doug Napoleone schrieb:
>> I would once again recommend using a service like akismet.com 
> 
> I'm skeptical, for two reasons:
> - somebody will have to write the code to integrate roundup with
>    this service.
> - It's not clear to me what license to purchase. Clearly, the
>    standard "free" license doesn't apply, as this is not the
>    personal blog of somebody. Instead, one of the commercial
>    licenses would have to be purchased. So it's either the
>    "per-blog" one (how many blogs do we have in roundup?),
>    or the access API key (with $50/month for up to 50,000
>    calls per month). Perhaps the non-profit license may apply
>    ($25/month for up to 5 blogs), or perhaps we can negotiate
>    the free option. In that case, somebody would have to do the
>    negotiation.
> 
> Regards,
> Martin

Martin,
    I did not mean that it had to be akismet, just that a service 'like' akismet should be used. I only mentioned it because it's the one I have experience with (and code for). Skip has detailed a solution he wrote based on SpamBayes in a different thread ([Tracker-discuss] On spammish submissions). That seems like the best option to go with, and it sounds like a roundup integration is eminent.

    -Doug