The Matrix homeserver that you have an account on acts like an IRC bouncer by default. The homeserver maintains your presence in the rooms you joined, and recei

The Matrix homeserver that you have an account on acts like an IRC bouncer by default. The homeserver maintains your presence in the rooms you joined, and receives and persists events from those rooms, regardless of whether you currently have a client connected to that homeserver or not. When your client connects to the homeserver again, it can ask the homeserver for new events since the last event it has.