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Without SMTP (as flawed & tragic as it is), nostr would be very hard to conceive. A nostr-enhanced email client (and NSMTP server) may be a cool way to replace what proton tries to do. 🤷‍♂️ 📝 3c2c334d…

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Abstract Equilibrium11d ago

Good point. It wouldn't be simple at all.

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Troy11d ago

SMTP is quite reliable compared to Nostr. I've never had emails vanish out of my Inbox. Finding emails I've sent has a 100% success rate. If a message doesn't reach its destination, I get notified. I don't see the flaws there. I think the only thing missing from the protocol itself, is a way to bounce emails back to the sender if they're unwanted (spam), or at least "trash upon arrival".

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Abstract Equilibrium11d ago

It's reliable for sure, but IMO the convenience of client-side E2EE is what email lacks. Proton **tries** to do it as a wrapper; in nostr its a pervasive first-class concept.

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Troy11d ago

E2EE doesn't matter if the message never gets to the destination and the sender isn't notified.

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Troy11d ago

I do agree that having a choice of encryption as part of SMTP would be an improvement. It's a bit bizzare that ARPA didn't require it.

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