Whether you’re really passionate about RPC, MQTT, Matrix or Nostr, tell us more about the protocols or open standards you have strong opinions on!

  • kevincox@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    SMTP is a terrible protocol. Text based for sending effectively binary data with complex header wrapping and “generate a random delimiter” framing. We really need a HTTP/2 of SMTP.

    That being said I agree that it exists and works. The biggest blocker to more IM-style communication is largely the UI and user expectations. I have no problem having quick back-and-forths over email but most people don’t expect it.

    • hperrin@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Fair enough. Sending binary data over SMTP adds a lot of overhead, because it all has to be encoded. We should fix that.