Subj : Re: FTN to Telegram
To   : August Abolins
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Tue Aug 04 2020 08:52 am

Hi August,

On 2020-08-03 23:33:00, you wrote to me:

 AA>>> Interesting.  Maybe the destination is just ONE fido area at the
 AA>>> fellow's BBS, for now.

 WvV>> That doesn't make any sense for a fido to telegram bot...

 AA> If there is more than one destination area, how do you direct your
 AA> netmail post to a specific one?

If there is, it's not clear...

 WvV>> Nothing. So I didn't do it right, or it's not what we are expecting
 WvV>> it to be... ;0

 AA> Yes.. there must be something more to the netmail-to-telegram feature
 AA> that we are not aware of.

 AA> How would you be notified of a reply to your post?  Maybe you have to
 AA> have the fido feed from the host bbs. That makes the most sense.

Maybe... But than you wouldn't need the gateway. Because you already see every message in the echomail area.

 AA>>> It is an interesting experiment not unlike JAMnntp.  It bridges
 AA>>> people from different environments.

 WvV>> Experimenting is one of the perks of FidoNet! ;)

 AA> Maybe we can get Stas Mishchenkov at 2:460/58 to explain his system for
 AA> us.

I've already asked him if there is a "%HELP" for the bot, in netmail...

Bye, Wilfred.

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