Anyone here on Python-Dev mailing list?

[Steven D'Aprano]

From: Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info>

On Mon, 25 Jun 2018 02:15:42 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 2:07 AM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> Anyone on the Python-Dev mailing list, are you getting private emails
>> containing nothing but stream of consciousness word-salad from somebody
>> (some bot?) calling himself "Chanel Marvin" with a gmail address?
>>
>> Typical example:
>>
>>     "I refuse to create my environment on a computer. Stalls and static
>>     and it always looks fake unless I can afford all the cool fast
>>     stuff like Prometheus speed but for dummies in plain white english"
>>
>> in reply to an email I posted to the list.
>>
>> I don't want to ask there, yet, in case it isn't a bot but some nutter
>> with an attitude emailing me privately.
>>
>>
> Yeah, I got one of those. I'm pretty sure it's a Markov chainer.

Only one? So far I've had seven.

I get spam bots trying to flush out suckers. I don't get bots that send out
random messages to random people. Why?



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Steven D'Aprano
"Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing it everywhere."
 -- Jon Ronson

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