eGenix Antispam Bot for Telegram 0.3.0 GA
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.
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 0.3.0 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.
More Information
For more information on the eGenix.com Python products, licensing and download instructions, please write to sales@egenix.com.
Enjoy !
Marc-Andre Lemburg, eGenix.com