Fwd: [NOTICE] New anti-spam filtering will be enabled for JIRA tonight

[Jim Apple <jb...@apache.org>]

Hello, all! I just got this heads-up from ASF infra noting that JIRA may
reject certain tickets or comments. You can let them know if you encounter
any problems via email or via the #asfinfra channel on Slack:
https://infra.apache.org/slack.html

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Daniel Gruno <hu...@apache.org>
Date: Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 4:36 AM
Subject: [NOTICE] New anti-spam filtering will be enabled for JIRA tonight
To: Users <us...@infra.apache.org>


Hi folks,
as part of an ongoing effort to block spammers on JIRA, we will be
enabling a brand new version of the old Aardvark system on JIRA.

Aardvark is a mix of honey pots, content matching and (somewhat) naïve
bayesian spam filtering that should catch the bulk of bad content
creators on JIRA.

While it's definitely going to catch some bad guys, it might also cause
some good ones to get blocked, so if your comments or new issues
suddenly cause a 403 response, please to let us know and we can
investigate in detail.

We expect to enable the new scanner at around 11pm UTC tonight, and will
run the test for 2-3 days to see whether it works as intended (and then
figure out if we'll make it permanent).

With regards,
Daniel on behalf of ASF Infra.