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    7 months ago

    The delay is there because email has no deletion support.

    And a host of other shortcomings.

    I’d rather we replaced email with matrix

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      7 months ago

      If you’re relying on the remote server to delete something, you can’t trust it no matter what protocol you’re using.

      For a regular email, the chance to undo might be fine, but for real time communication, it’s just an unnecessary road block.

      Maybe if it was optional per recipient, or per conversation, or better yet, depending on the presence of a header, it might be fine. Gmail only supports all-on or all-off.

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        7 months ago

        If you’re relying on the remote server to delete something, you can’t trust it no matter what protocol you’re using.

        I mean yeah I wouldn’t bet my life on it, but for the 99% of regular communication it’s fine. That’s no reason to not have it in the protocol and muck around with 10 second delays instead.