Subj : about Fido2telebot
To   : Tony Langdon
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Aug 23 2020 01:32 pm

Hello Tony!

** On Friday 21.08.20 - 08:33, Tony Langdon wrote to Stas Mishchenkov:

 TL>> Hmm, OK.  Suppose that protects one from spam bots.

 SM>> Yes. Exactly. However, in our case it is not convenient.

 TL> I can understand why it's that way, I have seen spam bots on
 TL> various chat networks, including Telegram, where they join
 TL> quiet group chats and post spam.

WRT gated netmail, it turns out that the Fido2telebot bot waited  
a little while until you figured out that you needed to open a  
chat with it.  That seems to be only slightly inconvenient.

But if both parties have Telegram accounts, there is not much  
point in gating netmail.

However, if a Fido-only user were to want to reach a telegram- 
only user, then they would have at least one public message in  
the echo to give the Telegram recipient a heads up.

WRT groups, the private type (invitation only) on Telegram is  
best for gating purposes. Sysops wouldn't want an influx of  
anonymous posts.

Personally, I am liking this outreach thru Telegram. Even the  
portable desktop version of Telegram is handy to take along for  
use on any pc and still get a modest sense of messages pouring in  
- and not have to worry about installing full fido software or  
configuring nntp just to poke around a few echos.

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