bleeptrackWe should stick stamps on emails just because it's cute.
Do we need more stamps when the attachments are larger? And/or is it more about the distance (hops) of travel?
The stamps on a received mail should get semi-transparant post marks for each hop from the respective server. Could be generated from the mail header info.
Can't wait for bouncing mails because there weren't enough stamps on it :D
But serious question: where would I "inject" my stamp generation on the mail process? Would need to be a client plugin or something like that, I guess?
Just remembered: this was one of my early childhood games (My little Post office - "with the world-stamp collection on the Internet"). The TIVOLA intro was dope!
nein@bleeptrack I loooved my tivola games. I believe Willy Werkel did a lot to me :D
Philipp@bleeptrack Oooh, I had that one too! But we didnโt have internet, so I never got to see the stamp collection.
@pb same :D
Lucie / minute@bleeptrack this is quite a wholesome idea! some ways to prototype this could be a custom email web client that renders the mails in this way, or a daemon that fetches and forwards your mails to another of your addresses, with stamps attached
Cyberstern@mntmn @bleeptrack sadly you probably cannot build a plugin for a receiving mail server because it would break DKIM signatures. The outgoing server however could add stamps and the mail client then has to render the postmark depending on the mail header. But that would be complicated because it touches so many software projects. I think a client only solution would be the easiest (or you do the spam processing and afterwards deliberately remove the DKIM signature on the receiving server)
Now i want this ๐ itโs such a neat idea to bring back some of the โold daysโ. I remember decorating the envelopes was a thing too thatโs completely gone with electronic equivalents too.
Kestral@mntmn @bleeptrack a very cool thought. I used to work on email and my brain is buzzing with ideas. Excited to see where you take this!
๐โ๐ฆ๏ธ๐๐ฑ๐@bleeptrack client seems like a good place, maybe mailservers can be allowed to add to the stamp. Would this be a generative thing based on string(s) in the header? That would be cool, like the 'received' header, it can be multiple and each adds to it. Hmm, could also use the 'received' header as a stamp modifier.
sending client inserts initial stamp string, receiving client generates stamp based on initial stamp string + all 'received' headers.
@bleeptrack Maybe each 'received' header adds a unique 'stain' or 'stamp' (as in like the ink stamp that goes on top of the paper stamp).
@wmd yeah I'd love that! ๐คฉ https://vis.social/@bleeptrack/116232498266479572
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The stamps on a received mail should get semi-transparant post marks for each hop from the respective server. Could be generated from the mail header info.
Mรคh W.@bleeptrack header extension? X-Stamp-Value-Total, X-Stamp-Value-Used, X-Stamp-Image and X- Stamp-Marks ๐
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@wmd headers when explicitly set, otherwise for each mail server handling it? Using host names for generated images?
@wmd headers when explicitly set, otherwise for each mail server handling it? Using host names for generated images?
Daniel@bleeptrack just another header? The the mailclient (or a plugin) can decide on what to do with it
์ง์ง แ แฑแแแจ Daniel ้ปๆณๅฎ CyReVolt@bleeptrack Add a header such as X-Client-Stamp?
And then have servers add theirs... X-Server-Stamp or smth.
And then have servers add theirs... X-Server-Stamp or smth.
Florenz@bleeptrack my Claws mail client displays faces when they are in the header X-Face... it's just that folks usually have *one* face configured... you could generate a new one for every mail, and everyone who has X-Face configured would see them