Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://blah.rako.space/users/rakoo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rakoo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedicy.us.to/cy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cy</span></a></span> yeah, tho <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thunderbird</span></a></span> nowadays has <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenPGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPGP</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPG</span></a> - support built in ( <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enigmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enigmail</span></a> ) and that just works.</p><ul><li><p>But <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@delta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>delta</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/deltaChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deltaChat</span></a> does make things way easier for <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Normies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Normies</span></a>"</em> and provides them with a familiar <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> from other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Messengers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messengers</span></a> whilst also not requiring <em>"yet another <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/server" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>server</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>service</span></a>"</em> to be spun up, which is a major <em>no-no</em> in many organizations, espechally <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/businesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>businesses</span></a>. </p></li><li><p>Whereas DeltaChat using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eMail</span></a> as it's backbone infrastructure works fine, and that is an important point for it like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> use [i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>] where all business communications have to be archived for at least 10 years for <em>tax auditability reasons</em>, and the whole <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MailArchival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MailArchival</span></a> issue has been "solved" by multiple providers and solutions so it makes sense to just do a <code>+chat</code> suffix, filter said messages and have them in the same <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/inbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inbox</span></a> as all other eMails. </p></li></ul><p>I just wished <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Thunderbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbird</span></a> would also support displaying such chats similar to deltaChat to provide a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unified</span></a> experience across platforms...</p>