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    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Wilfred van Velzen on Saturday, August 15, 2020 21:40:00
    Hello Wilfred!

    ** On Saturday 15.08.20 - 11:02, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:

    HOW do you send a message without registering?

    You don't create a regular account, but you create a bot. A bot can
    be created without the phone registration.

    I noticed that bots are available on a per account basis. IOW, you
    already have to be registered to be able to use it?


    A bot can be talked to by regular users, and once they are connected a bot can send them messages.

    Is that what the identity Fido2telebot is? I wrote something there.. but where does it go?


    But a bot itself can only be operated through the Telegram Bot API.
    I tried that directly with commands from the linux command line:
    'curl https://something...', and through a python api that makes it easier to talk to the Telegram API from a python script...

    Yes, I noticed many resources available for building bots and quick-launch website pages (I can't find the info for the latter anymore, but the
    contest with cash prize money sounded awesome.)

    This open telegram api looks amazing. Many options have been clearly
    thought of in advance.



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  • From Stas Mishchenkov@2:460/58 to August Abolins on Sunday, August 16, 2020 13:42:12

    Hello August!

    15 Aug 20 21:40, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

    A bot can be talked to by regular users, and once they are
    connected a bot can send them messages.

    Is that what the identity Fido2telebot is? I wrote something there..
    but where does it go?
    If you write directly to the Fido2telebot chat, then this message could get into the Fido netmail, but this is now prohibited by me.


    Stas


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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to August Abolins on Sunday, August 16, 2020 13:59:22
    Hi August,

    On 2020-08-15 21:40:00, you wrote to me:

    You don't create a regular account, but you create a bot. A bot can
    be created without the phone registration.

    I noticed that bots are available on a per account basis. IOW, you already have to be registered to be able to use it?

    To create a bot you must talk to "BothFather" with a registered regular account, so yes.

    A bot can be talked to by regular users, and once they are connected
    a bot can send them messages.

    Is that what the identity Fido2telebot is?

    Yes

    I wrote something there.. but where does it go?

    No, you wrote in a group where Fido2telebot is also active.


    Bye, Wilfred.

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