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"It is expressly prohibited to post content to craigslist using any automated means."

http://www.craigslist.org/about/terms.of.use

Companies have lost their domains due to this.

How exactly do you lose your domain by violating a terms of service? Does Craigslist file a complaint with ICANN or something? I can see a lawsuit and prohibition against accessing their service.

From the article, it looks like they don't actually post. They create the post, but it's up to the user to click the send button.

I don't know how open Craigslist is, but reading things like "you have to write a script that can scrape Craigslist" and "build a bot that visits Craigslist", all I kept thinking was : "violation of terms of service".

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