Just installed @delta and was under the impression that it was email based. I expected to have to put in some email credentials and use my local email server. But instead it created a disconnected profile and just uses IMAP as a transport?
https://delta.chat/en/help does not make clear how this actually works.
Decentralised is a great buzz word, but without better description of how it works makes it difficult to trust.
https://delta.chat/en/help#security-audits doesn't mention architecture, just encryption.
@keverets @delta
deltachat is using standard imap and smtp. You may use your own address or use an automatically generated one. It doesn't matter. Your identity isn't your address, it's the pgp key that was created when you created the account.
The issue is that you come in with the expectation that deltachat is an email client like all the email clients you know: it is not. You are mapping your knowledge on top of dc instead of looking at it the way it is: a messenging application that uses email protocols. The faq is covering this view
deltachat is using standard imap and smtp. You may use your own address or use an automatically generated one. It doesn't matter. Your identity isn't your address, it's the pgp key that was created when you created the account.
The issue is that you come in with the expectation that deltachat is an email client like all the email clients you know: it is not. You are mapping your knowledge on top of dc instead of looking at it the way it is: a messenging application that uses email protocols. The faq is covering this view
@keverets you're right, it's probably harder than it should be: the relevant section is https://delta.chat/en/help#i-want-to-manage-my-own-server-for-delta-chat-what-do-you-recommend which points to the chatmail page
