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  • Ideas for authorized gates

    From Matt Munson@1:218/109 to All on Wed Nov 18 21:51:15 2020
    As long as there is a moderation/validation feature where posts from telegram get validated to be sent to Fidonet, I would have no issues as a user and a fidonet node.


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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 to Matt Munson on Wed Nov 18 22:26:13 2020
    Re: Ideas for authorized gates
    By: Matt Munson to All on Wed Nov 18 2020 09:51 pm

    As long as there is a moderation/validation feature where posts from telegram get validated to be sent to Fidonet, I would have no issues as a user and a fidonet node.

    I don't use telegram myself but I think someone who wants access needs to ask someone who does to grant them access.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Richard Miles@2:460/58 to Alan Ianson on Thu Nov 19 14:32:12 2020
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    Re: Ideas for authorized gates
    By: Matt Munson to All on Wed Nov 18 2020 09:51 pm

    As long as there is a moderation/validation feature where posts from telegram get validated to be sent to Fidonet, I would have no issues as a
    user and a fidonet node.

    I don't use telegram myself but I think someone who wants access needs to ask someone who does to grant them access.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    ... IBM: It may be slow, but at least it's expensive.

    That's correct. Access can be shared by either being invited (added) to the group or by being given the link. Same results. Since they are private groups you can't just join them or search them, so actually more secure than the echo side. Most (not all) of the BBSes I've seen allow anyone to access message areas, including the admin echoes.


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  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/6 to Alan Ianson on Thu Nov 19 14:11:56 2020
    Hello, Alan Ianson.
    On 18/11/2020 22.26 you wrote:

    Re: Ideas for authorized gates
    By: Matt Munson to All on Wed Nov 18 2020 09:51 pm
    As long as there is a moderation/validation feature where posts from
    telegram get validated to be sent to Fidonet, I would have no issues as a
    user and a fidonet node.
    I don't use telegram myself but I think someone who wants access needs to ask someone who does to grant them access.

    Sounds like a bbs. Yell sysop and ask for more rights. :D

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    Tommi

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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 to Tommi Koivula on Thu Nov 19 04:16:38 2020
    Re: Ideas for authorized gates
    By: Tommi Koivula to Alan Ianson on Thu Nov 19 2020 02:11 pm

    I don't use telegram myself but I think someone who wants access
    needs to ask someone who does to grant them access.

    Sounds like a bbs. Yell sysop and ask for more rights. :D

    I only have a basic idea of what Stas has done/is doing.

    But yes, I think it is more or less a BBS.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 to Richard Miles on Thu Nov 19 04:37:37 2020
    Re: Ideas for authorized gates
    By: Richard Miles to Alan Ianson on Thu Nov 19 2020 02:32 pm

    That's correct. Access can be shared by either being invited (added) to the group or by being given the link. Same results.

    That's what I thought and I think that is good and secure.

    Since they are private groups you can't just join them or search them, so actually more secure than the echo side.

    Excellent. I think some might be afraid of spam posts that seem to get in from time to time. I don't see that happening with telegram.

    Most (not all) of the BBSes I've seen allow anyone to access message areas, including the admin echoes.

    I have been guilty of this myself in times passed. I imported a backbone.na and started tossing without thinking of access requirements. A guest user can read what I have here but not post, and admin areas can only be seen by myself.. :)

    I have a robots.txt that disallows access to /msgs/ so stuff from here shouldn't be showing up in search results. Honourable bots anyway.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Stas Mishchenkov@2:460/5858 to Tommi Koivula on Fri Nov 20 09:41:58 2020
    Hi, Tommi!

    19 ¡«∩ 20 14:11, Tommi Koivula -> Alan Ianson:

    Sounds like a bbs. Yell sysop and ask for more rights. :D

    This is exactly how it works now.


    Have nice nights.
    Stas Mishchenkov.

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