Subj : Re: FTN to Telegram
To : August Abolins
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Mon Aug 03 2020 06:18 pm
Hi August,
On 2020-08-03 18:36:19, you wrote to me:
WvV>> I just noticed it is still active as "Fido2telebot" user on
WvV>> that list. It's not clear which area it's gating...
AA> I found something too. Looks like an independent experiment at 2:460/58 in
AA> special echotag/areas named RU.FIDONET.areatag
AA> Translated from the Russian, with my addition of [kludge?], I got this:
AA> "To post to the telegram destination you "write a netmail message to
AA> 2:460/58 and the name Fido2telebot, In the subj field we indicate your name
AA> in the telegram. In each gated message from you, the @RealName treasure
AA> [kludge?] will be added from the telegram. "
AA> So.. the To field identifies the group/area at Telegram.
Don't think so, because it says it should contain "Fido2telebot".
AA> And the Subj field is used to identify the sender.
On the Telegram side. So I think it could be anything (i.e. a regular Subject) in the netmail.
AA> Doesn't sound too elegant if the gate can't simply use the From field
AA> to identify the sender.
AA> I haven't found info how they steer those netmails to specific areas in the
AA> RU.FIDONET.areatag structure.
I did a test, and got this reply:
From : Fido2TeleBOT 2:460/58 2020-08-03 19:14:06
To : Wilfred van Velzen 2:280/464 2020-08-03 18:16:01
Subj : telegramm gate
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@INTL 2:280/464 2:460/58
@MSGID: 2:460/58 5f2837cf
@TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2020-04-15
Hi Wilfred van Velzen,
