Subj : TgM robot = tosser To : Charles Pierson From : August Abolins Date : Tue Oct 13 2020 03:16 am Hi Charles! 13 Oct 20 02:36, you wrote to me: CP> Think of it like sending out a mass email that has a mistake in it. CP> You can recall the email and send a corrected one. However, if someone CP> has already READ that email, the recall fails. I hear ya. BUT, in this case Telegram on its own allows re-editing. That's quite different than email which can't be undone. I just thought that if the Fidobot could just slow down then the advantage of Telegram's re-edit function would be utilized - that would be a fine *feature* (or selling point) to capitalize on and not lose. However, I recognize Stas' approach to just process the message as soon as it's detected. CP> In this case, the Gatebot has "read" the message and has it cued for CP> tranfer. It doesn't have to read it right away. Maybe it could wait to give us poor grammar and spelling persons to adjust something if required. CP> I believe Stas said the transfers happen every minute. In that case, CP> yes it's basically a done deal once you hit send, although it is CP> deleted on the Telegram side. Correct. Right now it is programmed to check every minute. But that is up to the Fidobot, not when I "sent" it to Telegram. >> If there were clearly defined "tossing/grabbing" intervals for the >> bot, then there is some confidence to re-edit the message before >> the fido side sees it. CP> Unfortunately, that's not how things work with this system. But that part is programmable and doesn't *have* to be that way. It's not entirely unfortunate either. I appreciate Stas' interest to detect ASAP and deal with it. But if detection was slowed down, then the advantage of Telegram's re-edit function would not be lost. Personally, I would try to capitalize on a new technology offering a features and not diminish it if there was a choice. >> I'll just have to wrap my head around the fact that once I press >> Send in TgM, then it is unalterable, ... CP> I almost always think that way. Once I'm done composing and hit send, CP> it's done. Corrections may follow if necessary. Maybe it will make me more conscious of my spelling. I'll try to deal with it. --- * Origin: ----> Point Of VeleNo BBs (http://www.velenobbs.net) (2:333/808.7) .