Revert #378

bridge/telegram/telegram.go

@@ -385,7 +385,6 @@ func (b *Btelegram) sendMessage(chatid int64, username, text string) (string, er
 	m.Text = username + text
 	if b.GetString("MessageFormat") == "HTML" {
 		b.Log.Debug("Using mode HTML")
-		username = html.EscapeString(username)
 		m.Text = username + text
 		m.ParseMode = tgbotapi.ModeHTML
 	}

matterbridge.toml.sample

@@ -832,6 +832,11 @@ Label=""
 #The string "{BRIDGE}" (case sensitive) will be replaced by the sending bridge
 #The string "{LABEL}" (case sensitive) will be replaced by label= field of the sending bridge
 #The string "{PROTOCOL}" (case sensitive) will be replaced by the protocol used by the bridge
+#
+#WARNING: if you have set MessageFormat="HTML" be sure that this format matches the guidelines
+#on https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#html-style otherwise the message will not go through to
+#telegram! eg <{NICK}> should be &lt;{NICK}&gt;
+#
 #OPTIONAL (default empty)
 RemoteNickFormat="[{PROTOCOL}] <{NICK}> "