Re: ANN: eGenix Antispam Bot for Telegram 0.7.1

Good evening.

Is this service also available for XMPP?

I am working on a similar project which is called KaikOut, and I will
be glad to collaborate.

https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/KaikOut
Moderation service for XMPP

Currently, it supports XMPP, and in future it would also support IRC.

Kind regards,
Schimon


On Wed, 14 May 2025 13:42:22 +0200
eGenix Team via Python-list <[email protected]> wrote:

> *ANNOUNCING*
> 
> 
>     eGenix Antispam Bot for Telegram
> 
> Version 0.7.1
> 
> 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-0.7.1-GA.html
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *INTRODUCTION*
> 
> eGenix <https://egenix.com/> has long been running a local Python
> user group meeting in Düsseldorf called /Python Meeting Düsseldorf 
> <https://pyddf.de/>/ 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/
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *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
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *NEWS*
> 
> The 0.7.1 release fixes a few bugs and adds more features:
> 
>   * Added missing dependency on emoji package to setup (bug introduced
>     in 0.7.0, fixed in 0.7.1)
>   * Added user name check for number of emojis, since these are being
>     used a lot by spammers
>   * Added wheel as requirement, since this is no longer included per
> default
>   * Updated copyright year
> 
> It has been battle-tested in production for several years already 
> already and is proving to be a really useful tool to help with
> Telegram group administration.
> 
> 
> Enjoy,
>