Bug 43714

Summary:	Spambots find e-mail addresses displayed by Bugzilla very tasty
Product:	Gentoo Infrastructure	Reporter:	Ben Davis <entheh>
Component:	Bugzilla	Assignee:	Benjamin Coles <sj7trunks>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Ben Davis 2004-03-04 06:55:39 UTC

My e-mail address is presented in raw form everywhere I have participated in a bug report (e.g. this one). This is the case whether I am logged in or not. Often it is in the form:

<A HREF="mailto:a@b.c">Name</A>

I imagine spambots find this extremely tasty. I am getting tons of spam, and as far as I know, this and bugs.kde.org are the only places where my e-mail address is presented so readily.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:



Expected Results:  
I recommend allowing users to have their e-mail addresses hidden. This 
includes modifying the 'Cc' box to accept user IDs as well as e-mail 
addresses. 
 
Perhaps complement this change with the addition of an 'online e-mail' form, 
so users can still be contacted by e-mail. I'd like such a form to send a copy 
to the sender, for his or her records. 

I consider this a bug report, not an enhancement request. Since spam is such 
an issue, the ability to keep one's e-mail address hidden should be a 
fundamental online 'human right'. :)

Comment 1 Benjamin Coles 2004-03-04 13:42:27 UTC

Spam bot required to login to get email... no thanks

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 28032 ***