Issue 6

Title
Bot abuses feeds?
Component
HTTP Bot
Versions
head
Severity
normal
Priority
normal
Status
closed
Resolution
fixed
Assigned to
Target Version
head
Nosy list
cmeerw

Created on 2003-11-28.21:59:00 by cmeerw, last changed 268 months ago by cmeerw.

Messages

Author: cmeerw
Date: 2003-12-06.22:04:00
The slashdot feeds new work again.
Author: cmeerw
Date: 2003-11-30.09:09:00
First of all, JabRSS is not abusing the slashdot server (JabRSS takes care to 
update its feeds at most every 30 minutes).

But, JabRSS currently polls about 4 or 5 slashdot feeds every 30 minutes (which 
the slashdot server probably already considers abuse).

The only thing I can do now is to slow down the update interval for slashdot (I 
have implemented a 180 minute penalty for slashdot feeds).
Author: cmeerw
Date: 2003-11-28.21:59:00
I just got a quick succession of responses from my Slashdot feed like the 
following:

Your RSS reader is abusing the Slashdot server. You are requesting pages more 
often than our terms of service allow. Please see the FAQ link for more 
information, and if you email us, include your IPID MD5: 
ca118ebd3c3ffb8dd60b29617ff709d0.

So, if I understand the way it works correctly... The instance of the bot 
running at jabrss@jabber.at/jabxpcom is actually banned from providing the news 
to ANYBODY.
History
Date User Action Args
2003-12-06 22:04:00cmeerwsetstatus: accepted -> closed
messages: + msg10
resolution: fixed
target: head
2003-11-30 09:09:00cmeerwsetmessages: + msg9
2003-11-28 21:59:00cmeerwcreate