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Someone recently pointed me at DeltaChat [1]. 'Chat' over SMTP/IMAP. Apart from voice/video, it ticks all of the above (plus other features such as threading an

by kitd 7y ago

Someone recently pointed me at DeltaChat [1]. 'Chat' over SMTP/IMAP. Apart from voice/video, it ticks all of the above (plus other features such as threading and e2e security), with the fallback of being able to use a regular email client in an emergency [1] - https://delta.chat/en/ https://delta.chat/en/

SamWhited 7y ago
Does this have a standards body behind it advocating for and developing a spec that anyone can implement? I'd argue that this is a requirement for any communication system to take off and be useful and sustainable long term.
- kitd 7y ago
  SMTP - https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc821 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc821 IMAP - https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501
  - SamWhited 7y ago
    That does not cover the higher level messaging and presence protocol.
mekster 7y ago
I wonder if it can handle large attachments efficiently, assuming postfix is set to allow 1GB attachment or so.