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This isn't really accurate: xmpp isn't p2p, it is hub and spoke. All comms (except optionally some VoIP and file transfers) go through the server. XMPP can also
by hkt 4y ago
This isn't really accurate: xmpp isn't p2p, it is hub and spoke. All comms (except optionally some VoIP and file transfers) go through the server. XMPP can also do store and forward pretty easily with common server addons.
I'd not really describe it as fragile or bloated either, having used it for twenty years or so with no real problems except the now-solved absence of e2e encryption (OTR, OMEMO).
Still, clients could be better.
- 0xbadcafebee 4y agoWhat an XMPP server supports: - XML - XHTML - vCard - Bookmarks - Message Archive - P2P - VoIP - Multi-user Chat - File Transfer - Data Forms - Service Discovery - Pub-Sub & Personal Eventing - Bidirectional Synchronous HTTP Streams - WebSockets - Push Notification - Protocol Gateways - TLS - OTR - PGP What an SMTP server supports: - SMTP - TLS 175 XMPP specifications (https://xmpp.org/extensions/ https://xmpp.org/extensions/) 24 SMTP specifications (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol#Related_Requests_For_Comments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol#...)