Hello August!
*** Sunday 03.01.21 at 09:19, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:
O>>> I still don't understand what the REPLYTO kludge is good for
O>>> in this case.
MF>> It's used for netmail replies to echomail messages
MF>> originating on the Telegram side of the gateway.
AA> Perhaps we can reserve the term gateway to systems that are truly
AA> insecure like usenet. The Telegram solution that Stas has built
AA> is limited to itself; the general public cannot access those
AA> messages unless specifically participating as "known" users.
AA> Unlike usenet, it is not possible to be a lurker as you can be in
AA> fidonet or usenet.
AA> Carol's analogy of the Telegram "system" as an OLR solution is
AA> better. No one thinks of OLR's as gateways. ;)
OK, perhaps it would have been better and more accurate if I'd said
"originating on Telegram Messenger" instead of saying "originating on the
Telegram side of the gateway".
Regards,
Martin
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