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  • Interesting. What triggered that? Perhaps a warning is best sent to

    From Stas Mishchenkov@2:460/5858 to August Abolins on Mon Feb 22 10:08:26 2021
    Hi, August!

    21 фев 21 23:03, August Abolins -> Fido2telebot:

    WARNING!
    To write to Fido echo conferences, you need to register on BBS. Use
    the command %USERPROFILE in the chat with @Fido2Telebot. Use %HELP in
    the chat with @Fido2Telebot for more detailes.


    Interesting. What triggered that?

    This warning appears when an unknown user (without a user profile) submits a message. Now this is just a warning and there are no prohibitions. I'm just considering doing this to keep Fido from spam.

    Perhaps a warning is best sent to the user privately?

    Yes. It would be better that way. However, a bot cannot open a chat with a user by itself, and such a message may not be read forever.

    Have nice nights.
    Stas Mishchenkov.

    --- Каждый раз бухай как последний. Потому что однажды так и будет.
    * Origin: Lame Users Breeding. Simferopol, Crimea. (2:460/5858)
  • From Stas Mishchenkov@2:460/5858 to August Abolins on Mon Feb 22 15:38:32 2021
    Hi, August!

    22 фев 21 07:04, August Abolins -> Stas Mishchenkov:

    But I thought tha people who use the invite links to join will automatically become "known".

    This is a very bad idea. Invite links are published in Fido. Such messages are available on many Web BBS and are easily found by Google and other search engines. Accordingly, a spam bot can easily join a group. However, it will no be able to customize his profile.

    How is it possible for someone to post to a group that they haven't joined?

    It's not possible.

    So.. did all of us see that one on our Telegram apps?

    Yes. All group members will receive this warning. It doesn't get to Fido.
    This is inconvenient, but due to the fact that the bot cannot write to the personal chat first. I can turn this off and display such messages about the need for registration only when a new user joins the group.

    PS: Is it possible to write a message to any echo conference on other BBSs without registration?

    Have nice nights.
    Stas Mishchenkov.

    --- Экономия - это искусство тратить деньги, не получая никакого удовольствия.
    * Origin: Lame Users Breeding. Simferopol, Crimea. (2:460/5858)
  • From Stas Mishchenkov@2:460/5858 to August Abolins on Tue Feb 23 09:48:24 2021
    Hi, August!

    22 фев 21 08:02, August Abolins -> Stas Mishchenkov:

    The warnings themselves could become annoying. :(

    Yes. I noticed it immediately. However, due to this, several users have already registered a profile.

    Have nice nights.
    Stas Mishchenkov.

    --- Ругаться матом нехорошо... Но называть вещи своими именами необходимо.
    * Origin: Lame Users Breeding. Simferopol, Crimea. (2:460/5858)
  • From August Abolins@2:460/256 to Stas Mishchenkov on Tue Feb 23 15:47:12 2021
    Hi Stas,
    ...Greets from my Telegram app!

    Hi, August!

    22 фев 21 08:02, August Abolins -> Stas Mishchenkov:

    The warnings themselves could become annoying. :(

    Yes. I noticed it immediately. However, due to this, several users have already registered a profile.

    Have nice nights.
    Stas Mishchenkov.

    OK. Then these warnings are happening more often in the PUBLIC groups/echos that you link with the bot?

    In that case, since Telegram announces when someone has Joined (and everyone sees that), why not send a private "warning" message to that person?

    CIAO!

    ... [##### ###] has been cracked! Congrats/Thx to JH. :-)
    --- tg BBS v0.6.4
    * Origin: Fido by Telegram BBS from Stas Mishchenkov (2:460/256)