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.pyt...@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? -- Steven D'Aprano "Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing it everywhere." -- Jon Ronson -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
