Subj : Realname kludge
To : Stas Mishchenkov
From : Martin Foster
Date : Tue Sep 15 2020 09:26 am
Hello Stas!
*** Tuesday 15.09.20 at 09:47, Stas Mishchenkov wrote to Martin Foster:
MF>> Looking at the kludges with my Fido Point software, I see a
MF>> "Realname:"
MF>> kludge in messages posted from the Telegram side of the gateway. The
MF>> value in the "Realname:" kludges is sometimes, but not always, the real
MF>> name followed by the Fido AKA of the poster. The value in the
MF>> "Realname:" kludge in messages posted by me from the Telegram side of
MF>> the gateway is always "0".
MF>> Just asking :)
SM> This is a well-known bug. If the gate doesn't know your real name, it
SM> substitutes zero, instead of doing nothing at all.
Ah, thanks for explaining that.
SM> Since this is a purely aesthetic flaw, moreover, from time to time
SM> causing a wave of jokes about this, I have not yet corrected it.
