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|    Wilfred van Velzen to Charles Pierson    |
|    Re: through the "???"    |
|    16 Dec 20 13:36:28    |
      TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815       RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes       TZUTC: 0100       CHRS: UTF-8 2       PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221       MSGID: 2:280/464 5fd9ff8a       REPLY: 1:153/757.26 fadff9cb       Hi Charles,              On 2020-12-16 12:05:47, you wrote to me:               Wv>> AA> I see it that way too. The Telegram groups are merely a        Wv>> AA> mirror of the same echos on Stas' BBS. .: the Telegram        Wv>> AA> groups are as if participating on Stas' BBS albiet with a        Wv>> AA> different reader/app unlike anything else currently available        Wv>> AA> for fidonet users.        Wv>>        Wv>> The same could be said about newsgroups on a bbs. But they call that        Wv>> "gating" too...               CP> The difference being that with the Telegram BBS, the users and their        CP> messages have a distinct node seperate from Stas's BBS.               CP> You aren't creating an account on Stas's BBS. You are creating an account        CP> on Telegram. Stas's BBS acts as a Hub or Feed for the Telegram BBS.              Newsgroup users would have an account at their ISP and/or newsgroup provider.              Bye, Wilfred.              --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815        * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)       SEEN-BY: 103/705 105/81 124/5016 129/305 153/757 203/0 221/0 1 6 360       SEEN-BY: 229/426 664 700 240/5832 280/464 282/1038 292/8125 301/1       SEEN-BY: 310/31 322/757 335/364 396/45 423/81 120 460/58 4500/1       PATH: 280/464 221/1 6 153/757 229/664 426           |
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