jimmy90@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoDoes email (SMTP/POP3) count as a member of the fediverse?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squareDoes email (SMTP/POP3) count as a member of the fediverse?jimmy90@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekevincoxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoPeople have different definitions of “the fediverse”. To some people fediverse is ActivityPub, but to some people it is any federated protocol. SMTP is a federated protocol, so some people would consider it part of the fediverse. POP3 isn’t federated, it is standardized but different POP3 servers don’t connect to each other in regular process of the protocol.
People have different definitions of “the fediverse”. To some people fediverse is ActivityPub, but to some people it is any federated protocol.
SMTP is a federated protocol, so some people would consider it part of the fediverse.
POP3 isn’t federated, it is standardized but different POP3 servers don’t connect to each other in regular process of the protocol.