[17:45] <Mc-> spammer accounts: jhskldfskl jhefghju nancy5215 gujnjknmjidff saltdexin136 bhbhb@mailinator.com dfhhhgjjgh@codehot.co.uk "epson printer" (~epson-printers) leelprak ETRET RTGDER KIK hfhgdshl fghkjfhs jkfghsjkh kjfghsjklg JUYIJ thomadmark
[17:45] <Mc-> and maybe i missed a few
[17:46] <Mc-> (more than 100 spam questions in the last hours)
[17:47] <Mc-> is it possible to run some spam checking tool before sending the automated emails to the answre contacts ?
[17:47] <Mc-> answer*
[17:48] <cjwatson> not sure about that but I'm going through and banning accounts now
[17:48] <Mc-> thanks
[17:49] <Mc-> (just a moment ago: sdgfgb@mailinator.com )
[17:51] <Mc-> ghfggtsmith
[17:52] <Mc-> hggsgfsg
[17:53] <cjwatson> please don't
[17:53] <cjwatson> I mean, my script doesn't work off the account names
[17:53] <Mc-> ah, sorry
[17:53] <cjwatson> so don't spend your time copying and pasting them for me :)
[17:53] <Mc-> i should give the ids ?
[17:53] <cjwatson> I can get those myself just as easily
[17:53] <cjwatson> just say there's a run in progress
[17:54] <cjwatson> (I think William's autokiller script must have fallen off the network again - it normally catches these)
[17:55] <cjwatson> caught up now
[17:55] <Mc-> thanks :)
[17:58] <dobey> i've found disabling the "answers" feature of launchpad works pretty well for not getting spam on answers :)
[18:00] <Mc-> yes but we have (inkscape) 0-6 legitimate question per day and getting an email to know there is a new one is a nice feature
[18:06] <cjwatson> ok, dinnertime, hopefully they'll get bored soon
[18:09] <Mc-> if only... (a new one '1 minute ago')
[23:01] <xevious> Launchpad only retains the most recent version of a package, right? Or, is there a section where I can download old versions of the packages?
[23:01] <dobey> from a PPA or from the ubuntu archive?
[23:03] <xevious> dobey: From a PPA
[23:03] <dobey> no, only the latest is retained
[23:04] <xevious> That's what I thought. Shucks. :(
[23:17] <cjwatson> xevious: there's a brief stay of execution - they're still around for a day or so
[23:17] <cjwatson> you can go to +packages on a PPA and search with different filter settings
[23:18] <xevious> Yeah, I'm looking for a build from August.
[23:18] <xevious> I appreciate the tip, though.
[23:18] <tsimonq2> I find it annoying that Launchpad mailing lists delay the time between posting to the ML and it being in the archives. Is there any way to fix this?
[23:19] <cjwatson> the main problem there is that the archiver is awful and has to move a ridiculous number of files around
[23:19] <cjwatson> https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/779915
[23:19] <tsimonq2> cjwatson: is anybody working on this?
[23:19] <tsimonq2> cjwatson: and if not, someone really should
[23:20] <cjwatson> as far as I know nobody is currently working on it
[23:20] <tsimonq2> I don't have the technical abilities to, but it is really a pain in the ass
[23:20] <tsimonq2> cjwatson: any chance I could find someone to work on this?
[23:21] <cjwatson> Don't know, sorry.  I don't know the mailman integration particularly well and definitely don't have the time at the moment.
[23:21] <tsimonq2> cjwatson: ok, thanks