There are a couple of assumption here regarding using e-mail as transport for a social network [1] said e-mail account is also used for other purposes (such as

There are a couple of assumption here regarding using e-mail as transport for a social network [1] said e-mail account is also used for other purposes (such as personal email) [2] said e-mail account is read with an ordinary e-mail reader. Neither assumption is required. If the email account in question is just for the social network, the interface can ignore other messages. If the email account is on a major host (such as google), there won't be delivery problems.