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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:09:59 -0700 (PDT)
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On Saturday, 22 September 2012 12:50:08 UTC+5:30, Andrew Berg  wrote:
> On 2012.09.22 02:08, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote:
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> > I find this intriguing, I had no idea bots existed to post to mailing
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> > lists in this way. What's the point of them?
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> To amuse their owners is my guess.
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> -- 
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> CPython 3.3.0rc2 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17835

The bot could be used for automatic replies for duplicate posts (common questions are quite often repeated)