Subj : TgM robot = tosser
To : August Abolins
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Tue Oct 13 2020 02:36 am
Hello, August Abolins - Brother Rabbit.
On 10/12/20 3:50 PM you wrote:
> BR> Fido's technology does not allow you to somehow control an
> already BR> sent message. The gate now works in about the same way
> as the usual BR> Fido mail tosser, with the only difference that
> Telegram servers are BR> used to store and read messages.
> Understood. But while the message is on the TgM servers, it *can* be
> edited. The reason why it can't be edited (and I don't expect it to
> be) is when the robot grabs it.
But, while it is on the server, it isn't at the same time.
Think of it like sending out a mass email that has a mistake in it. You
can recall the email and send a corrected one. However, if someone has
already READ that email, the recall fails.
In this case, the Gatebot has "read" the message and has it cued for
tranfer.
I believe Stas said the transfers happen every minute. In that case, yes
it's basically a done deal once you hit send, although it is deleted on
the Telegram side.
> If there were clearly defined "tossing/grabbing" intervals for the
> bot, then there is some confidence to re-edit the message before the
> fido side sees it.
Unfortunately, that's not how things work with this system.
> I'll just have to wrap my head around the fact that once I press
> Send in TgM, then it is unalterable, unlike using a fido message
> editor that provides a chance to adjust a message before actually
> tossing it.
I almost always think that way. Once I'm done composing and hit send,
it's done. Corrections may follow if necessary.
