Subj : Re: FTN to Telegram
To   : August Abolins
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Tue Aug 18 2020 03:22 pm

-=> On 08-17-20 19:51, August Abolins wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 AA> Telegram will give you consistency from device to device.

That is one of the reasons I'm keen to play with Telegram.

 AA> Yes.. Telegram just resumes from the last message you left on your
 AA> screen.
 AA>  And a little bubble reports how many new/unviewed messages have
 AA> appeared since then.  You just scroll down to catch up.

Just like it does with regular chat.

 AA> Maybe someone can build a client that can gleen and store messages
 AA> locally.

Interesting idea.

 AA> Meanwhile... maybe Stas' Fidogle@2:460/58 could be leveraged to provide
 AA> the offline stash you need.  A couple of the available commands are:

 AA> %FromDate dd/mm/yyyy

 AA>   - search starting from the specified date inclusive.
 AA>   Same the format dd.mm.yyyy can be used. Optional parameter.


 AA> %TillDate dd/mm/yyyy

 AA>   - Searches up to and including the specified date.
 AA>   You can also use the dd.mm.yyyy format. Optional parameter.


 AA> Each match arrives as a separate netmail message.

 AA> THEN, if there is a way (I think it is turn off right now) to reply to
 AA> one of them as a netmail to be gated into the Telegram group, you could
 AA> construct your replies offline.

Hmm, sounds convoluted. :D


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