Subj : Re: through the "???"
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Wed Dec 16 2020 02:42 pm

On 16 Dec 2020, Wilfred van Velzen said the following...
 
 Wv> Hi Charles,
 Wv> 
 Wv> On 2020-12-16 13:33:50, you wrote to me:
 Wv> 
 Wv>  Wv>>  CP> The difference being that with the Telegram BBS, the users and
 Wv>  Wv>> their
 Wv>  Wv>>  CP> messages have a distinct node seperate from Stas's BBS.
 Wv>  Wv>>
 Wv>  Wv>>  CP> You aren't creating an account on Stas's BBS. You are creating 
 Wv>  Wv>> acc
 Wv>  Wv>>  CP> on Telegram. Stas's BBS acts as a Hub or Feed for the Telegram
 Wv>  Wv>> BBS.
 Wv>  Wv>>
 Wv>  Wv>> Newsgroup users would have an account at their ISP and/or newsgroup
 Wv>  Wv>> provider.
 Wv> 
 Wv>  CP> I don't know if I've ever accessed Fido via newsgroups outside of
 Wv>  CP> BBSes using JAMNNTP or similar.
 Wv> 
 Wv> Then you would also need to login to your account on the BBS.
 Wv> 

Yes you would. And your messages reflect the Origin node off the BBS, correct?
 Wv>  CP> But if it's through a regular Newsgroup provider, do those messages
 Wv>  CP> have a distinct node or are they linked to an existing BBS in some
 Wv>  CP> other manner?
 Wv> 
 Wv> I was thinking about the regular newsgroups, that are sometimes gated to
 Wv> and from fidonet. (The CBM area is one example)
 Wv> 

So do those messages reflect a unique Node or the node of the system they
transfer through?
 Wv>  CP> But my point was actually more to Augusts remarks than yours. Telegra
 Wv>  CP> groups as they are as a whole is more like a BBS than a mirror.
 Wv> 
 Wv> I still think that naming it gating covers it better than calling it a
 Wv> telgram BBS. ;)
 Wv> 
 
It's possible. I don't know anymore. 

It's a method of communicating with Fidonet message areas. I'll leave it at
that.

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