• [Python-announce] ANN: eGenix Antispam Bot for Telegram 0.2.0

    From eGenix Team@info@egenix.com to comp.lang.python.announce on Mon Apr 4 14:40:57 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.python.announce

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    ANNOUNCING

    eGenix Antispam Bot for Telegram

    Version 0.2.0

    A simple, yet effective bot implementation
    to address Telegram signup spam.

    This announcement is also available on our web-site for online reading: https://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-Antispam-Bot-for-Telegram-0.2.0-GA.html

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    INTRODUCTION

    eGenix has long been running a local user group meeting in Düsseldorf
    called Python Meeting Düsseldorf and we are using a Telegram group for
    most of our communication.

    In the early days, the group worked well and we only had few spammers
    joining it, which we could well handle manually.

    More recently, this has changed dramatically. We are seeing between 2-5
    spam signups per day, often at night. Furthermore, the signups accounts
    are not always easy to spot as spammers, since they often come with
    profile images, descriptions, etc.

    With the bot, we now have a more flexible way of dealing with the
    problem.

    Please see our project page for details and download links:

    https://www.egenix.com/library/telegram-antispam-bot/

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    FEATURES

    * Low impact mode of operation: the bot tries to keep noise in the
    group to a minimum

    * Several challenge mechanisms to choose from, more can be added as
    needed

    * Flexible and easy to use configuration

    * Only needs a few MB of RAM, so can easily be put into a container or
    run on a Raspberry Pi

    * Can handle quite a bit of load due to the async implementation

    * Works with Python 3.9+

    * MIT open source licensed

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    NEWS

    The 0.2.0 release is the first public release of the bot.

    It has been battle-tested in production for more than a month already
    and is proving to be a really useful tool to help with Telegram group administration.

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    INFORMATION

    About eGenix (http://www.egenix.com/):

    eGenix is a database focused software project, consulting and
    product company delivering expert services and professional
    quality products for companies, Python users and developers.

    About Python (http://www.python.org/):

    Python is an object-oriented Open Source programming language
    which runs on all modern platforms. By integrating ease-of-use,
    clarity in coding, enterprise application connectivity and rapid
    application design, Python establishes an ideal programming
    platform for today's IT challenges.

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    Marc-Andre Lemburg
    eGenix.com

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