Link to PSF blog points to spam?

[devdanzin]

I'm seeing the link for the PSF blog point to a spam site, and also an update from that site in the planet. Is it just me, or can anyone confirm?

[malemburg]

Could you provide the link and more details ?

The configured blog entry is valid and points to the right website. We should change it to HTTPS but otherwise, its fine.

[devdanzin]

Here's what I'm seeing:

The blog link points to https://humtto. vn/cua-hang/ and the post points to https://humtto .vn/giay-trekking-outdoor-nu-humtto-160560b/

[malemburg]

Thanks, you're seeing that on the https://www.planetpython.org/ website, right. I get the same result.

What's strange is that the PSF feed does not have such an entry.

[devdanzin]

The PSF link on the left hand list of links was also changed, which means the issue is not the feed. Not sure how those links got into page generation, though.

[hugovk]

I'm guessing it's from an existing blog whose domain has expired and has since bought by spammers.

But there's no feed here with the https://humtto.vn URL, so it's likely from another domain that's just putting the spam link in their feed.

[malemburg]

The content looks normal with respect to the used HTML tags compared to the template.

[malemburg]

I'm guessing it's from an existing blog whose domain has expired and has since bought by spammers.

But there's no feed here with the https://humtto.vn URL, so it's likely from another domain that's just putting the spam link in their feed.

The blog header would still point to the previous entry, though, so there must be something else going on.

It seems like the docker image is using a different config file.

[malemburg]

The latest merge should in theory overwrite the docker image and have the website use the correct config file again.

[malemburg]

Ok, I think I found an issue:

If you look at the OPML feed (https://www.planetpython.org/opml.xml under "Subscriptions"), the entry for the PSF reads:

<outline text="Python Software Foundation" xmlUrl="https://feeds.feedburner.com/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews"/>

This URL does go to a feed which shows the wrong entry:

https://feeds.feedburner.com/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews

What I don't understand is how that entry got there, since the config does not list this URL for the PSF.

[hugovk]

Ah that rings a bell, it is indeed the feedburner URLs which have been taken over:

python/pythondotorg#2787

We need to replace those with direct RSS feeds on the real blogs.

[malemburg]

We need to replace those with direct RSS feeds on the real blogs.

I'm not sure what you mean. The Atom feed for the PSF is here: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/atom.xml and this does not use Feedburner URLs.

I did a search of the repo and could not find any mentions of PythonSoftwareFoundationNews, so I'm really surprised about the entry showing up in the OPML listing.

The config.ini file never had this URL configured.

[malemburg]

BTW: FeedBurner is slowly being shut down, so we're likely to run into similar issues with the other FeedBurner entries in config.ini.

[malemburg]

The feed has been regenerated, but the problem persists. The OPML list still includes the FeedBurner address.

[hugovk]

I mixed up Python Insider with the PSF blog, as there's still http://feeds.feedburner.com/PythonInsider but it's a 404.

So that need will need replacing, but it doesn't the mystery of the https://feeds.feedburner.com/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews spam showing up...