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> OP put their e-mail in cleartext, unobfuscated, in their profile. The blame is on part of the spammers. Countermeasures should be done by OP (and their e-mail
by shbooms 5y ago
> OP put their e-mail in cleartext, unobfuscated, in their profile. The blame is on part of the spammers. Countermeasures should be done by OP (and their e-mail host), not by GH.
According Github's site policies [0], they've explicitly outlawed this type of behavior meaning it's their responsibility to police and enforce this by punishing users on their platform who they find to be engaging in it:
"You may not use information from the Service (whether scraped, collected through our API, or obtained otherwise) for spamming purposes, including for the purposes of sending unsolicited emails to users"
[0] https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/acceptable-use-policies/github-acceptable-use-policies#7-information-usage-restrictions https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/acceptable-use-polici...
- undefinedzero 5y agoIf you publish your email on your profile, aren't all emails basically solicited? What other purpose might posting your email on your profile have other than for people to reach out without you explicitly asking for it? If you want to be selective in what people email you about, you can always move your email to your personal readme with further restrictions.
- coldpie 5y ago"People reaching out" is fine. "Automated bulk email" is not.