Subj : Re: through the "???"
To   : August Abolins
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Wed Dec 16 2020 04:06:23

On 15 Dec 2020, August Abolins said the following...
 
 AA> Hello Wilfred!
 AA> 
 AA> ** On Tuesday 15.12.20 - 21:33, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Charles
 AA> Pierson:
 AA> 
 AA>  Wv>>> ?
 AA> 
 AA>  CP>> Testing emoji's?
 AA> 
 AA>  WvV> Not testing, just using them, and forgetting they are not getting
 AA>  WvV> carried through the "gate"...
 AA> 
 AA> Maybe we can find another term for this grand experiment of  
 AA> Fido<->Telegram
 AA> 
 AA> Gate seems to hold negative connotations with some sysops. The  
 AA> "tg BBS" is merely massaging the messages so that Telegram can  
 AA> understand them.
 AA> 

Actually, the Telegram Groups are the BBS. the Bot is a mailer/tosser that
converts from Telegram-speak to Fido-speak.  

Or at least that's how Stas has always explained it.

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