Can a Telegram bot send a message to a person with whom they have not corresponded before?

Question

Python

In general, it is necessary to make a bot that sends a message to users who have joined the channel. Just send_message(user_id, 'text') doesn't work - it throws a 'chat not found' error. I work with PyTelegramBotApi, but if you can solve it using some other library, it's also okay.
Thank you!

Answer 1

A bot can't "send a message to a person they haven't corresponded with before". This is a Telegram limitation, not a library one.

Answer 2

No, he can not. The user must be the first to start a conversation with the bot.

Answer 3

the bot can't spam, they spam differently

Answer 4

the bot cannot, but the client library (which works like a regular messenger via the telegram api, NOT the bot api) can