> Where I've worked email has simply been a very poor chat which I could not distinguish "info broadcasts" from "the server is down" without getting all notific

> Where I've worked email has simply been a very poor chat which I could not distinguish "info broadcasts" from "the server is down" without getting all notifications or none Something like Procmail could provide such feature. Slack (and Discord) is on the long term worse than e-mail/IRC because it isn't federated, nor an open protocol, nor FOSS. This means people are forced into a proprietary, centralized theme park of clients and servers. Its a potential security hazard to put sensitive data in such software. Of course, Slack (and Discord) both have their set of advantages as well. The good news is, its a matter of time before FOSS alternatives catch up and become good enough.