Subj : through the "???"
To   : Stas Mishchenkov
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Dec 16 2020 19:15:00

Hello Stas!

** On Wednesday 16.12.20 - 19:04, Stas Mishchenkov wrote to Charles Pierson:

 CP>> You aren't creating an account on Stas's BBS. You are
 CP>> creating an account on Telegram. Stas's BBS acts as a
 CP>> Hub or Feed for the Telegram BBS.

 SM> In fact, it is very convenient to use the resources of
 SM> Telegram servers for this. ;)The BBS itself, in fact,
 SM> works only as a tosser, although user lists are
 SM> maintained and, in a case, I can disconnect any Telegram
 SM> user from Fido.

Telegram is a moderator's dream.  It is easy to block a user.  
That user can't really circumvent that unless they manage to  
acquire a new phone number for registration and hide behind a  
new name.

In Fidonet, a persona non-grata can always find another BBS to  
get around a banishment.
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  ../|ug

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