Mastodawn

Delta Chat Apr 2, 2025

new security milestone reached: #chatmail relay servers are hardened to only transfer end-to-end encrypted e-mail with metadata minimization. No cleartext message can enter or leave the secure chatmail network anymore.

We now talk about "chatmail relays" rather than servers as they only ephemerally store messages until delivery. Dirt cheap to run.

We opened up our #rust "chatmail core" infrastructure library and set up an overview of the community driven ecosystem ...

https://chatmail.at

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Martin ███████Apr 3, 2025

@delta "No cleartext message can enter or leave the secure chatmail network anymore." doesn't seem to be true (just tried it), and also sounds extremely alienating towards those who use Delta as an API-free pager app. 🤔

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Nami

@unixtippse @delta existing accounts can still receive unencrypted messages, to not break such workflows - but in general, for unencrypted use cases it is better to login with a classic email account.