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Chatmail Rust Core library, used by Android/iOS/desktop chatmail apps, bindings and bots 📧
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Chatmail Rust Core library, used by Android/iOS/desktop chatmail apps, bindings and bots 📧
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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6 sourcesFor FOSS software, why not have a link to the Github repo or org prominently displayed in the title/menu bar?
It took me a couple of clicks to find: https://github.com/deltachat
The "Internet Standards" link points to a URL under https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/ but when you go there it actually redirects and you end up at https://github.com/chatmail/core which is also confusing.
In Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger appDeltaChat isn't limited to a fixed group of people either? [1] And supports forwarding just fine. [2]
I think the useability problem is just that webmail as a whole has generally been stripped of features. If Gmail wasn't as constrained a client, you'd be able to do everything without caring if you had a "DeltaChat" client. It isn't an email-or-DeltaChat question. Both interact fine.
But the clients people are currently using go out of their way to make it harder/impossible to do simple things.
[1] https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/blob/master...
[2] https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/blob/master...
In Delta Chat – decentralized chat via email> It aims to extend IMAP servers while staying compatible with normal ones... I really like how they seem to plan on integrating normal email client functionality into it, something Delta Chat is also missing.
I don't see anywhere in DeltaChat's spec [0] anywhere it breaks compatibility with normal IMAP.
So long as your email client can use autocrypt standard (plugins exist for Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.), then you can make use of DeltaChat emails as normal emails.
[0] https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/blob/master...
In Delta Chat – decentralized chat via emailAll Delta Chat messages have the "Chat-Version" header. For more specifications see https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/blob/master...
In Delta Chat – decentralized chat via emailhttps://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/issues/1032 implies that the most important metadata (who sent and who received the message) is not encrypted.
In Stop Using Encrypted Email