ANN: eGenix Antispam Bot for Telegram 0.3.0

[eGenix Team]

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ANNOUNCING

                    eGenix Antispam Bot for Telegram

                           Version 0.3.0

               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-0.3.0-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 0.3.0 release fixes a few bugs and adds more features:

 * Added new challenge ListItemChallenge

 * Added new config variables MAX_FAILED_CHALLENGES to limit the number
   of failed challenge responses. Defaults to 3.

 * Added docker-compose config example to sources

 * Fixed display of the user name to always show the full name, where
   available.

 * Added work-around for pyrogram to not create session files inside the
   package dir when running the bot in -m mode

 * Fixed bug to make file logging work

 * Fixed bug in ban time handling; this now works correctly

It has been battle-tested in production for more than two months 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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