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And yet none of those corporations has displaced email, despite the fact that it has become a universal cyberattack channel, with a stagnant UX that doesn't add

And yet none of those corporations has displaced email, despite the fact that it has become a universal cyberattack channel, with a stagnant UX that doesn't address most real-world use cases for email! I saw a need for a safer, better, decentralized protocol for email, so I drafted one (TMTP) and implemented client & server. More at: https://mnmnotmail.org/ https://mnmnotmail.org/ & https://twitter.com/mnmnotmail https://twitter.com/mnmnotmail Related protocol projects in development include: https://mathmesh.com/ https://mathmesh.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Mail_Alliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Mail_Alliance

lwhi 5y ago
Looks interesting. If your draft didn't take off, what do you think the main reason would be?
- networkimprov 5y ago
  At this early stage, I'd say the biggest obstacle is reaching a wide enough audience; I have no prior fame, and no PR budget yet.
magpi3 5y ago
> I saw a need for a safer, better, decentralized protocol for email, so I drafted one (TMTP) and implemented client & server. We definitely do, and then we need big, heavy corporate advocates for this new protocol. That second part is the rub. I would argue that every company embraced email early only because proprietary formats that locked customers into a platform weren't yet a thing. Now that they are, it is so much harder to propose that we all "just get along" with shared protocols. Your work looks very interesting and I applaud you for taking this on. I will take a look. I am not entirely pessimistic. Have you thought about building a company around it?
- networkimprov 5y ago
  I have sketched a plan for a venture, for which I'd need co-founders (e.g. mobile app code & UX expertise) -- feel free to reach out via Twitter @mnmnotmail (link above). Those big corporate advocates necessary for the success of a new email protocol are fortunately not the major email hosting players! See the mnm FAQ #2 for a plausible adoption path.

lwhi 5y ago

Looks interesting. If your draft didn't take off, what do you think the main reason would be?

networkimprov 5y ago
At this early stage, I'd say the biggest obstacle is reaching a wide enough audience; I have no prior fame, and no PR budget yet.

magpi3 5y ago

> I saw a need for a safer, better, decentralized protocol for email, so I drafted one (TMTP) and implemented client & server. We definitely do, and then we need big, heavy corporate advocates for this new protocol. That second part is the rub. I would argue that every company embraced email early only because proprietary formats that locked customers into a platform weren't yet a thing. Now that they are, it is so much harder to propose that we all "just get along" with shared protocols. Your work looks very interesting and I applaud you for taking this on. I will take a look. I am not entirely pessimistic. Have you thought about building a company around it?

networkimprov 5y ago
I have sketched a plan for a venture, for which I'd need co-founders (e.g. mobile app code & UX expertise) -- feel free to reach out via Twitter @mnmnotmail (link above). Those big corporate advocates necessary for the success of a new email protocol are fortunately not the major email hosting players! See the mnm FAQ #2 for a plausible adoption path.