[p2p-research] P2P Email

[M. Fioretti]

On Fri, May 08, 2009 14:07:44 PM +0100, paola.dimaio at gmail.com wrote:
> marco thanks for the input
> i think it would be great if we could run a first experiment of p2p
> mail, just tell me what to do as long as it is not complicated gmail
> is easy and has lots of functionalities attached

"doing email" the way I do mine today is probably too complicated for
most non-geeks, but that is only because there are no "turnkey" sw and
service packages around which are tailored for this scenario, not
because "ipv6 isn't here yet".

This doesn't mean we can't discuss the issue, of course. Quite the
contrary.

 I think the first thing is to know exactly what is available today,
how it works, and then define exactly what one wants and what exactly
one finds wrong with the current system.

For example: what is "p2p email"? text messages, with or without
attachments, going from my computer to yours DIRECTLY? If not, what
else? If yes, why do we want that? Would/could it work?

Why should I be forced to keep my own PC on 24/7 when it's much more
robust, cheaper and environmentally sound to have my messages waiting
in a real server (which MUST NOT be google, I "own" a personal one,
for example) when I'm offline? This is just an example of why my first
gut feeling (which may be wrong of course) when reading "p2p email"
was, frankly, "this is a slogan in search of a reason to exist".

Later,
		Marco Fioretti
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