ANN: eGenix Antispam Bot for Telegram 0.7.1

*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
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*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/
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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 0.7.1 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,
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Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com
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