Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Forward edited messages

Where is it
Menu → Forwarding settings → Choose source and destination → Editing

Propagation of edited messages is possible only if you have Direct Connection.

Please notice that if you set up a delay for delivery and the edit event happens before the message gets published (during the delay), the edit will not be applied.

⏵Commands
/setting edit + one of the following options:

edit - send the change to the destination channel
Ex. /setting edit edit

new - send the change as a new message
Ex. /setting edit new

ignore - ignore changes
Ex. /setting edit ignore

You can adjust this setting in the menu, but also you can use the commands. If you are using the commands, to apply this setting to one channel only, replace the command /setting with /settingchannel source_channel_reference (read more).

Delete deleted messages

Where is it
Menu → Forwarding settings → Choose source and destination → Deletion

Propagation of deletions of messages is possible only if you have Direct Connection. It allows you to set up a deletion of the message in the destination if it was deleted in the source.

Please note that Telegram does not allow bots to delete messages older than 48 hours. If you need to delete old messages, use the delivery mode on behalf of your account.

⏵Commands
/setting delete + one of the following options:

no - don't delete the message in the destination channel
Ex. /setting delete no

yes - delete the message in the destination channel
Ex. /setting delete yes

You can adjust this setting in the menu, but also you can use the commands. If you are using the commands, to apply this setting to one channel only, replace the command /setting with /settingchannel source_channel_reference (read more).

Delay

Where is it
Menu → Forwarding settings → Choose source and destination → Delay

Add a delay to a forwarded message. Specify the number of seconds to delay the message.

You can also delay the message for a random number of seconds. To do this, specify the minimum and maximum delay in the format min-max. For example, 30-60 will set a delay from 30 to 60 seconds.
To disable the function, specify 0.

⏵Commands
/setting delay [number of seconds]

0 - disabled
Ex. /setting delay 0

[number of seconds]
Ex. /setting delay 30 - delay 30 sec
Ex. /setting delay 60-90 - a delay from 60 to 90 seconds

You can adjust this setting in the menu, but also you can use the commands. If you are using the commands, to apply this setting to one channel only, replace the command /setting with /settingchannel source_channel_reference (read more).

Schedule

Where is it
Menu → Forwarding settings → Choose source and destination → Schedule

Add a delay to a forwarded message. This setting works as a delay, but through Telegram’s internal scheduler, the one used to post delayed (scheduled) messages. Therefore, you must have publishing on behalf of your account (copy_client or forward_client) enabled.

Specify the number of seconds to delay the message.

You can also delay the message for a random number of seconds. To do this, specify the minimum and maximum delay in the format min-max. For example, 30-60 will set a delay from 30 to 60 seconds.
To disable the function, specify 0.

⏵Commands
/setting schedule [number of seconds]

0 - disabled
Ex. /setting schedule 0

[number of seconds]
Ex. /setting schedule 30 - delay 30 sec
Ex. /setting schedule 60-90 - a delay from 60 to 90 seconds

You can adjust this setting in the menu, but also you can use the commands. If you are using the commands, to apply this setting to one channel only, replace the command /setting with /settingchannel source_channel_reference (read more).

Pin

Where is it
Menu → Forwarding settings → Choose source and destination → Pin
⏵Commands
/setting pin + one of the following options:

off - don't pin
Ex. /setting pin off

silent - pin silently
Ex. /setting pin silent

notify - pin with notification (for groups only, doesn`t work for channels)
Ex. /setting pin notify

You can adjust this setting in the menu, but also you can use the commands. If you are using the commands, to apply this setting to one channel only, replace the command /setting with /settingchannel source_channel_reference (read more).

Polls

Where is it
Menu → Forwarding settings → Choose source and destination → Polls
⏵Commands
/setting poll + one of the following options:

none - polls are completely ignored
Ex. /setting poll none

copy - polls are copied
Ex. /setting poll copy

[any other string] - send a message with this string as a link to a poll
Ex. /setting poll take a survey

You can adjust this setting in the menu, but also you can use the commands. If you are using the commands, to apply this setting to one channel only, replace the command /setting with /settingchannel source_channel_reference (read more).

You can adjust this setting in the menu, but also you can use the commands. If you are using the commands, to apply this setting to one channel only, replace the command /setting with /settingchannel source_channel_reference (read more).

Silent mode

Where is it
Menu → Forwarding settings → Choose source and destination → Silent mode
⏵Commands
/setting silent + one of the following options:

pass - set the silent mode as in the source
Ex. /setting silent pass

never - never set the silent mode
Ex. /setting silent never

always - always set the silent mode
Ex. /setting silent always

You can adjust this setting in the menu, but also you can use the commands. If you are using the commands, to apply this setting to one channel only, replace the command /setting with /settingchannel source_channel_reference (read more).

Web-preview

Where is it
Menu → Forwarding settings → Choose source and destination → Preview
⏵Commands
/setting preview + one of the following options:

pass - set the preview mode as in the source
Ex. /setting preview pass

never - never show a preview
Ex. /setting preview never

always - always show a preview
Ex. /setting preview always

You can adjust this setting in the menu, but also you can use the commands. If you are using the commands, to apply this setting to one channel only, replace the command /setting with /settingchannel source_channel_reference (read more).

Delivery mode

Where is it
Menu → Forwarding settings → Choose source and destination → Delivery mode

Copy_bot mode – messages will be published via the @junction_bot. The bot must be an admin in the destination and have permissions to publish there.

Copy_client mode – messages will be published through the connected account. The account must have publishing permissions in the destination.

Forward_client mode – messages will be forwarded through the connected account. The account must have permissions to publish to the destination. The source must allow forwarding messages.

Copy_client_then_bot mode – messages will be published through the connected account. The account must have publishing rights to the destination. In case the Telegram limit on the number of published posts is exceeded, an attempt will be made to publish via the @junction_bot. For this to work, the bot must be an admin in the destination and have publishing permissions there.

Please notice that this setting is available for Direct Connection only.
If you use copy_client or forward_client:
— You don’t need to have the bot in the destination chat.
— You can’t add any buttons to a message. The destination message will not contain any buttons.

This setting is set to copy_client automatically if you are setting a destination by sending a virtual channel number.

⏵Commands
/settingchannel source_channel_reference delivery + one of the following options:

copy_bot - copy, sending a new message by the bot

copy_client - copy, sending a new message on behalf of your account

forward_client - forward, keeping a reference to an old message

Topics in groups

Where is it
Menu → Forwarding settings → Choose source and destination → Send to topic

To find out the group’s topic number, take a link to any post in the topic. The number in the middle of the link is the topic number. For example, if the link is https://t.me/publicchat/1723/36753, the topic number is 1723.

If a copied message is a reply to another message not in the destination topic, then the copied message will not be put in the topic as well. It’s a limitation of Telegram.

⏵Commands
/setting topic ID

Where ID is a number of the topic in the destination group, where the messages should end up.

Ex. /setting topic 1723

You can adjust this setting in the menu, but also you can use the commands. If you are using the commands, to apply this setting to one channel only, replace the command /setting with /settingchannel source_channel_reference (read more).

Message rate

Where is it
Menu → Forwarding settings → Choose source and destination → Delivery rate

This setting allows you to spread in time the flow of messages from a given source. For example, if you set the period to 60 seconds, the messages from the source will not come more often than once a minute. If the source publishes 3 messages at once at 16:30, the first will come right away (16:30), the second after one minute (16:31) and the third after two minutes (16:32). If a fourth message appears at 16:31, then it will come to the destination at 16:33.

Note that the period is always counted for each source separately. If you want the period to be counted for the whole destination, you first need to set the forwarding from every source to the intermediate channel, and then from the intermediate channel to the destination channel already with the rate setting.

It’s important to note that this setting works through Telegram’s internal scheduler, the one used to post delayed (scheduled) messages. Therefore, you must have publishing on behalf of your account (copy_client or forward_client) enabled.

To reset the period timer, set the rate to 0.

⏵Commands
/setting rate period

Where period is time (in seconds) between messages.

Ex. /setting rate 60

You can adjust this setting in the menu, but also you can use the commands. If you are using the commands, to apply this setting to one channel only, replace the command /setting with /settingchannel source_channel_reference (read more).

Language

To change the language of the bot’s interface use the command /language.

Available languages are: English, Russian and Turkish.

Import and export of settings

With the /dump command, you can dump all current subscriptions, redirects, and related settings as a file. The file will be a list of commands for the bot.

You can execute some or all of these commands in one list using the /batch command. To do this, send to the bot a list of commands starting with the /batсh command and where each line contains a separate command.

Note that when you send a too-long text in Telegram, it gets split into several messages. In this case, the bot will only process the commands in the first message (the one starting with /batch). To process such a very long list of commands, you will need to send it yourself in several messages, making sure that each such message starts with /batch.