[curun1r]

> Re-enable mail servers to be run from home connections

Mail servers, perhaps. SMTP servers, not a chance in hell. SMTP simply wasn't designed for a world with SPAMers, phishing and others who abuse email. If we're going to enable decentralized, we need to build in security and accountability from the start rather than relying on the naive protocols from the dawn of the internet. Note that you can have security and accountability while still maintaining anonymity. As an example, proof-of-work systems can mitigate the risk of bulk mail.

But if you're trying to replace SMTP, you're traveling a well-trodden path that no one has successful traversed as of yet. I wish whomever goes down that path the best of luck, since we need a good, modern, decentralized replacement for SMTP. But I wouldn't bet on anyone, even someone like TBL, being able to succeed at it.

[CiPHPerCoder]

I'm looking forward to SMIMP.

https://github.com/smimp

[gaius]

We only have SMTP because people were too lazy to implement X.400 which lacks most of its shortcomings...

[pjc50]

How does X.400 authenticate senders?