They have a narcissistic need for a reaction from the group they have chosen to harass. Any response, whether directly, or indirectly (this email would classify as the latter) fulfills this need, as they then know that they are being read, and are controlling people enough to elicit a response. Trolls are small time sociopaths, hiding behind the anonymity that the internet allows them to disrupt whatever group is unfortunate enough to be saddled with them. One person responding tells his under-developed brain that he is still getting a group response, and he will continue with the harassment. A group can take back control from a troll only by a voluntary 100% refusal to respond to him in any way. If he stops being responded to, it stops being fun, and he will go away.
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