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But by that same token, it doesn't appear that this is actually "email" either. It's sending messages via the internet, securely, using a custom client. If yo

But by that same token, it doesn't appear that this is actually "email" either. It's sending messages via the internet, securely, using a custom client. If you send to someone without their client, they end up with a link (via actual email) to the website and have to use a password to view it. I think we're at a point where any long messages sent via the internet are going to be called "email" regardless of the actual transmission process. Especially if they aren't meant to be some kind of real-time chat system, as that is usually called "instant messaging".

stephenr 11y ago
First off: they called it email, not me. > Tutanota is the end-to-end encrypted mail client that enables you to communicate securely with anyone. Secondly: no. Twitter dm's are unlimited in length, and no one calls it email. Web based conversational systems offer long form messages, and people don't call them email. Email is email, other things are other things. Something can be "email like" and not be email, and if explained that way even the most novice of users can understand that there is a difference, even if they themselves don't specifically understand what the difference is.