Spamfilter action

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Crapulard
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Spamfilter action

Post by Crapulard »

Hello,

First, I'm sorry for my english, I'm french!

I configurated my spamfilter with action "warn", but it seems that it send a notice to the user too. I would send the spam on channel (for example #spamfilter ) and no notice to the user.

How is it possible to make that ?

Thank,

Crapulard
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Re: Spamfilter action

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We do this so you cannot abuse the spamfilter feature to turn it into a spy feature.
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Re: Spamfilter action

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It's better the user gets the warning if he/she spams something, right?
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Re: Spamfilter action

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TimeRider wrote: Wed Jun 13, 2018 9:38 pm It's better the user gets the warning if he/she spams something, right?
So it would be better if you could just add a * spamfilter and see what all the users on the network do?
As Syzop said, it's a measure so you can't spy on your users, otherwise your users wouldn't have any privacy.

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Re: Spamfilter action

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The_Myth wrote: Thu Jun 21, 2018 7:30 am
TimeRider wrote: Wed Jun 13, 2018 9:38 pm It's better the user gets the warning if he/she spams something, right?
So it would be better if you could just add a * spamfilter and see what all the users on the network do?
As Syzop said, it's a measure so you can't spy on your users, otherwise your users wouldn't have any privacy.

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But what if the user is abuser and spammer. It will be nice for someone like that.
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Re: Spamfilter action

Post by PeGaSuS »

Well, you can't set the spamfilter to hit just one person, iirc.
The request you're making would make possible to network admins/ircops to spy on others, and that's a very unethical thing to request.
If you have problems with spammers, just keep them out of your network with an akill/gline.
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Re: Spamfilter action

Post by Capitaine »

akill/gline are worse because with botnets or modern VPN they can change their IP address at will.
With a few experiments, spammer can find what the filter is, then change his spam.

Best you can do :
- spamfilter with shun action
- or for coders, a module that drop their spam silently (but do not drop if spammer is privmsg to himself)

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