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   August wrote:   
   > Hello Nigel!   
   >    
   > ** On Saturday 21.11.20 - 22:20, Nigel Reed wrote to Charles Pierson:   
   >    
   >  >> It's the same with Telegram. You have to have an   
   >  >> authenticated Telegram account in order to join any of the   
   >  >> group chats to be able to read or write.   
   >    
   >  NR> And therein lies the difference. It's a telgram account.   
   >  NR> It's not an access method controlled by any BBS on   
   >  NR> Fidonet. What if the person causes problems such as   
   >  NR> posting junk or spam? How are they removed or forbidden   
   >  NR> from posting?   
   >    
   > I invite you to hop on over to FIDONET.TELEGRAM echo where     
   > people can answer specific questions like that.   
      
   Is TELEGRAM an official echo on the backbone? Neither hub I use have it.   
   --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux   
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