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Sounds like a usecase for https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo

• justinsaccount 8y ago
  mail is not real-time messaging
  • cabraca 8y ago
    he is not looking for a mail system, he is looking for a "system for users to communicate between each other on a website". it does not need to be real time, but its not be a problem if it is. centrifugo features include "History information for channels (last messages sent into channels)" what should work as a "mailbox".
• eggsome 8y ago
  I've explained the project in more detail here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17798756 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17798756 But the main problem with this is that the users will be non-technical and I think chat would be a bit of a confusing medium for the kind of communication we're trying to achieve.
  • amingilani 8y ago
    While I certainly understand what you're saying: I disagree. Non-technical users can still learn how to use chat. It's very intuitive and it's a small jump from WhatsApp and SMS to chat. That aside, there's something Linus once said that I love: “If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it.”