First impressions,
automated right
Greet every newcomer with a personal message: placeholders for their name, your formatting, inline buttons for rules and help, and optional auto-deletion so the chat stays clean. Wired into captcha and raid protection out of the box.
- Personal placeholders
- Inline buttons
- Auto-delete on a timer
The anatomy of a welcome that works
A welcome is your group's first impression — and its cheapest moderation tool. Four parts do the work:
A personal address
Placeholders make it personal: {name} greets the member, {group_name} sets the place. Formatting is fully supported.
Rules up front
The best welcomes state the key rules and where to get help — this alone reduces both spam and repeated questions in the first days.
Buttons that route
Inline buttons under the greeting — Rules, Website, Support — take newcomers where they need to go without cluttering the chat with links.
A clean exit
Auto-delete the greeting after a chosen number of minutes, so the chat isn't wallpapered with old welcomes. Or keep it forever — your call.
Stronger together with the entry stack
A greeting is one piece of the entry pipeline. Telm wires it to verification and raid protection, so each newcomer gets exactly one clean, safe first contact.
Small message, outsized effect
The first minute decides how a newcomer behaves in your group. A silent join leaves them guessing what's allowed; a wall of pinned rules goes unread. A short greeting that names the person, states the two or three rules that matter, and offers buttons for everything else hits the spot between the two — it's read precisely because it's addressed and brief.
Telm's welcome messages support placeholders ({name}, {group_name}) and full formatting, carry up to a row of inline link buttons, and can delete themselves after a configurable number of minutes so the chat stays clean even on a busy day. Every part is optional: some groups run just a one-line greeting, others a small onboarding card.
The welcome also cooperates with the rest of the entry pipeline. If captcha verification is enabled, greetings go to people who actually passed it. If the anti-raid shield switches the group into storm mode, welcomes are suppressed automatically so a raid can't farm attention from the bot — and resume when the group calms down.
Frequently asked questions
Can the welcome message mention the newcomer by name?
Yes — use the {name} placeholder and the bot substitutes the member's name; {group_name} inserts the group's name. Formatting is supported throughout.
What kind of buttons can I attach?
Inline link buttons under the greeting — typically Rules, Website or Support. Each button is a link, so newcomers get where they need without pasting URLs into the chat.
Won't greetings clutter the chat in an active group?
Set auto-delete and each greeting removes itself after the chosen number of minutes. Zero means keep forever — some groups prefer a visible welcome history.
What happens to welcomes during a raid?
The anti-raid shield suppresses welcome messages while storm mode is active, so a raid gains no visibility through the bot. Greetings resume automatically when the surge ends.
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