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The problem with Email is that it’s routed, store and forward, whereas there’s no reason why it shouldnt be point to point. If you wanted to revolutionize emai
by hguhghuff 8y ago
The problem with
Email is that it’s routed, store and forward, whereas there’s no reason why it shouldnt be point to point.
If you wanted to revolutionize email then you’d create a point to point email service.
- robjan 8y agoThat shouldn't be a problem if it's properly encrypted. The whole internet is routed over various switches owned by various entities.
- flurdy 8y agoPoint to point is very fragile and inflexible. There are many good reasons for email (and internet in general) was designed to be routable.
- krageon 8y agoThere's a reason peer to peer isn't seen as a great idea for messaging and that reason is it's been tried many, many times and it doesn't work well. For some people it just won't work well ever. Furthermore, it doesn't mesh with the expectations most people will have of a mail service (you push the mail out and it will arrive some day regardless of what you do), which makes it a bad fit for the use-case to begin with.