Subj : Re: through the "???"
To : August Abolins
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Wed Dec 16 2020 04:06 am
On 15 Dec 2020, August Abolins said the following...
AA> Hello Wilfred!
AA>
AA> ** On Tuesday 15.12.20 - 21:33, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Charles
AA> Pierson:
AA>
AA> Wv>>> ?
AA>
AA> CP>> Testing emoji's?
AA>
AA> WvV> Not testing, just using them, and forgetting they are not getting
AA> WvV> carried through the "gate"...
AA>
AA> Maybe we can find another term for this grand experiment of
AA> Fido<->Telegram
AA>
AA> Gate seems to hold negative connotations with some sysops. The
AA> "tg BBS" is merely massaging the messages so that Telegram can
AA> understand them.
AA>
Actually, the Telegram Groups are the BBS. the Bot is a mailer/tosser that
converts from Telegram-speak to Fido-speak.
Or at least that's how Stas has always explained it.