Email is already nicely federated, but I think it’s time for a change. Services like protonmail offer encryption between users, but you can’t host your own instance. It would be awesome if there was a spec somewhere for a federated email service that defines
email encryption between users
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connection with activity pub? (What would this look like) I mean some way to email the activity pub, ie: add comments via email
compatibility with standard email users (if you send/receive to/from a user who does not have email v2 implemented it just uses normal features)
maybe “smart attachments” for money transfers, calender invites, etc.
somehow better support for email discussion groups
this spec should be focused heavily on usage for humans instead of automated mailing, I expect html would not be defined.
I’m just spit balling here. Does anyone have any ideas? Does something like this exist?
Already exists, but it’s not offered on most WebUIs
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Would be a nice idea, but in my eyes more a client side feature
connection with activity pub? (What would this look like)
Please not. As far as I understood, activity pub is used for public messages, which emails are never meant for.
compatibility with standard email users, the features are simply not activated
What is a “standard” email user?
maybe “smart attachments” for money transfers, calender invites, etc.
Calender invites are working with ICS files, if the client uses the file correctly. Also Groupware like OX, Kopano (Zarafa), … already uses this feature since first release.
somehow better support for email discussion groups
Better support for mailing lists? How do you mean this?
this spec should be focused heavily on usage for humans instead of automated mailing, I expect html would not be defined.
Emails only transport what you give them. Clients translate HTML content, but you could also send just markdown in text format.
Most features I see listed are client side features. One could contribute to open source email clients like Thunderbird, Evolution, KMail, Geary, Sylpheed, Claws Mail or Mutt and suggest such options. You could also look at DeltaChat, which already implements a few of these features and can also handle “normal” emails. Some even use it as their only email client.
Mail clients like Spike, for example, already go other ways and display emails like a conversation, like DeltaChat.
Unfortunately, however, most use email via a WebUI or Outlook. Add to that, many uses Gmail, even many wannabe Mastodon instance provider. And we all know how much they love to receive ideas from others.
A community dedicated to fediverse news and discussion.
Fediverse is a portmanteau of “federation” and “universe”. It is a common, informal name for a federation of social network servers whose main purpose is microblogging, the sharing of short, public messages.
Already exists, but it’s not offered on most WebUIs
Would be a nice idea, but in my eyes more a client side feature
Please not. As far as I understood, activity pub is used for public messages, which emails are never meant for.
What is a “standard” email user?
Calender invites are working with ICS files, if the client uses the file correctly. Also Groupware like OX, Kopano (Zarafa), … already uses this feature since first release.
Better support for mailing lists? How do you mean this?
Emails only transport what you give them. Clients translate HTML content, but you could also send just markdown in text format.
Most features I see listed are client side features. One could contribute to open source email clients like Thunderbird, Evolution, KMail, Geary, Sylpheed, Claws Mail or Mutt and suggest such options. You could also look at DeltaChat, which already implements a few of these features and can also handle “normal” emails. Some even use it as their only email client.
Mail clients like Spike, for example, already go other ways and display emails like a conversation, like DeltaChat.
Unfortunately, however, most use email via a WebUI or Outlook. Add to that, many uses Gmail, even many wannabe Mastodon instance provider. And we all know how much they love to receive ideas from others.