Re-thinking electronic mail

... There are good aspects the existing Internet email has that are still valuable enough that I continue to use it. I am, however, getting closer to the point that I’d like to make things radically better.

This essay collects my thoughts about email and what a replacement system might look like. I am not in a position to build the new system, but I can at least try to inspire more people to think about this and maybe the discussion will end up with something good. ...

-- Lars Wirzenius

I'm similarly less than gruntled with extant messaging options, privacy being another massive concern.

https://ideas.liw.fi/rethinking-email.html

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