Re: [Gnumed-devel] wiki users

[David Grant]

J Busser wrote:

> At 8:55 PM +0200 4/5/05, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
>
>> Which just might offer them yet another valid address to
>> exploit (yours and the list's) if they do happen to be
>> spammers.
>
>
> Unless it is feasible to contact them anonymously (i.e. without a
> valid return address) and making the invitation without citing the
> actual gnumed list address.
>
> I wonder though if this is more apprehension than is called for...
> would spambots be programmed sufficiently smart to add themselves to
> wikis, submitting not only a valid WikiUser name but additional
> registration information?
>
> I googled another of the names and determined the person seemed to
> have some other (maybe low) activity with metafrog and another open
> source project.
>
> _______________________________________________

The fact that we have so many wiki users right now is all the more
reason for me to get the WikiNotify features working. This is a feature
that mails out a list of "pages which have changed" every x number of
days/hours for those that subscribe to the notifications. I believe
users can subsribe to the entire web or just a certain page. This
feature is a bit helpful to keep users in touch with what is going on.

Last time I checked, it didn't work. But it works on my personal twiki,
so there's no reason why it shouldn't work on salaam.

Dave

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