There is a trade off between decentralization & reliability. Traditional E-Mail that people are talking about is NOT TRULY decentral. For instance think about how E-Mail work: 1- Mail Client Query MX record from DNS 2- Connect to SMTP Server and Exchange E-Mail. 3- SMTP figure out the sender IP and look domain of E-Mail 3- SMTP server query SRV Record of that domain and check is that IP valid. 4- (Nowadays) SMTP query DKIM (Which is TXT record) and validate also. So think how BITMESSAGE <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bitmessage&oldid=734000991>: 1- The massage ONLY can access in TWO DAYS! 2- All Nodes have ALL E-Mail in Cryptic Form.
About you last sentence: It's better that your message Not arrive instead of being disclose! and This is the philosophy behind True P2P IM systems. Regards On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: > > You can't have all the best together. > > What does that mean, exactly? Are you saying it doesn't have reliable > message delivery? If so, that'd be a deal breaker for me. > > > Stefan "shocked that anyone would want to design or use an > unreliable messaging system" > > > > This mention in previous E-Mails as well. E.g: > <20160817192400.GB9964@alum> > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 6:00 PM, Stefan Monnier < > monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> > > wrote: > > >> > I think you looking for TOX! > >> > Visit TOX Project website: > >> > https://tox.chat > >> > >> Thanks. That does look promising (although I don't see any mention of > >> reliable delivery), > >> > >> > >> Stefan > >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 7:19 AM, Stefan Monnier < > >> monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> > >> > wrote: > >> > >> >> I'm looking for a decentralized instant message system (e.g. XMPP, > SIP, > >> >> ...) where I can be sure that I receive all messages, even if I'm not > >> >> connected when the message is sent [ Obviously, I'll only receive > them > >> >> when I'm back online. ] > >> >> > >> >> IIUC there is some XMPP features that allow such reliable delivery, > but > >> >> it seems that it's not widely supported by clients. What Debian > >> >> clients, using which protocols, can provide reliable instant > messaging? > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Stefan > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> PS: Bonus points if that feature is also available on an Android > >> >> application that's Free Software. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >
