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• mort96 2y ago
  I don't know, maybe invent something. E-mail is not it. It's almost completely unfederated, and e-mail sent from one client usually doesn't even display properly in other clients. The amount of times I've had to read black text on dark grey backgrounds is insane.
  • graemep 2y ago
    Its not the 90s. You can no longer get traction for new protocols without backing from big tech and they will push walled gardens. I have very rarely had issues reading email.
    • mort96 2y ago
      In that case, you have resigned to being stuck without a working federated messaging protocol forever.
      • graemep 2y ago
        pretty much. I would love to be wrong so please convince me. I think the best bet is making email better and easier to self host,
      • gsich 2y ago
        E-Mail is working. You might not be able to make it work.
        • mort96 2y ago
          A messaging protocol where messages are highly likely to not arrive at their destination, and where one messaging client can't properly render mail sent from other clients, does not work.
          • gsich 2y ago
            Again, seems like a you-issue.
            • mort96 2y ago
              In what way? I didn't make the e-mail clients I'm using, I didn't make the e-mail hosts which drop messages
              • gsich 2y ago
                Maybe you should. Like you suggested to invent a new protocol.
  • homebrewer 2y ago
    This is a problem with HTML email, which has been a terrible idea since the day it was created. Some people who can afford it automatically bounce HTML email on the server and notify the sender to use a more sane format; I cannot afford to, unfortunately. What I can do is configure my email client to extract text from HTML and remove everything else, and it works fine with rare exceptions. The worst offender is PayPal, who used to send easy to read plaintext mail about a decade ago, but then switch to an HTML mess that is unreadable in either form. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20060523-10/?p=31103 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20060523-10/?p=31... https://useplaintext.email https://useplaintext.email > maybe invent something Good luck with that. So many have tried, none have prevailed.
    • mort96 2y ago
      Thank you for agreeing with me that e-mail is a horrible horrible thing.
  • gsich 2y ago
    text/plain works fine.
    • mort96 2y ago
      I don't typically receive text/plain.