On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:47:35AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> I'm looking for a decentralized instant message system (e.g. XMPP, SIP, > >> ...) where I can be sure that I receive all messages, even if I'm not > >> connected when the message is sent [ Obviously, I'll only receive them > >> when I'm back online. ] > > I believe that's called "electronic mail" or "email". > > There's that, and there are SMS messages as well, indeed. > But email is a lot more heavyweight and drowned in spam (e.g. most > people don't get notified right away when they receive an email
I consider this an absolute pro not a con. All os vendors seem that ADD is the way to go. Interrupting you with benign nonsense every 10 seconds. No wonder that the average attention span is ~ 2 seconds. The only advantage of most messaging protocols is presence awareness. In every other aspect e-mail is superior. > message), and SMS is basically limited to cell-phone only (you can find > services that let you send SMS messages from something like a SIP > account, but I haven't found any corresponding service for the > reception of SMS messages, except some that just drop the SMS message > if the SIP delivery cannot be performed because you're not connected). > > > Stefan > -H -- Henning Follmann | hfollm...@itcfollmann.com