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I use it together with a group of friends. It started off as a test to see how it compared to groups in Signal, but we’ve stayed in DeltaChat as we’ve found it great.

Now for getting more people to use it.

After @feld provided port/packages for DeltaChat on FreeBSD - vermaden.wordpress.com/2021/09… - I accept it as Signal alternative :)

There is also even more decentralized 'Session' communicator ... but its client is not available on FreeBSD :[

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There are 2 ways to use Delta Chat:

1. #Chatmail relay, e.g. the default nine.testrun.org

2. Regular email. There's a provider compatibility list on their website.

With the second,
- there's a Delta Chat folder created in your inbox so these messages are separated from your regular email by default.
- you do not get the full security benefits of #DeltaChat.
- your messages are end-to-end-encrypted only if the other party also uses Delta Chat or an #Autocrypt compatible client like #SnappyMail or #Fairemail.

With the first option,
- you will only be able to send end-to-end encrypted messages, and
- the other party should use Delta Chat or an alternative client like #DeltaTouch or #ArcaneChat.

we migrated our company and friends and family there from Matrix about a year ago and it’s been a pleasure. Not a single issue. Self hosted relay. By now 31 users.

Some small hiccups the first week are documented here screamingatmyscreen.com/one-we… but devs were super responsive and helpful!

I'm using it for years and since some time primarily with a chat mail account.

It's instant, has no spam and just working as intended. It keeps working with unreliable and really slow networks, chatmail relays have a TTL of 60 seconds, iirc.

Adding a seperate device or backing up your account is as easy as it gets. All supported platforms are treated equally.

Webxdc apps are awesome and have no internet access of themselves. For example I use a shopping list with my partner.

There is experimental videochat support if this is your cup of tea.

Right now they are working on seperating your identity from your account. This is the basis of the planned multitransport feature. Meaning your message is sent to multiple relays and if at least one arrives, your messages gets delivered.

Please don't think of email when you think of Deltachat. It uses email for transport, although its not classic email. The devs are working hard to reduce metadata and implement the features of DC within the encrypted part.

Ping me if you want to message me in DC.

#DeltaChat

I very much like the idea of having a Matrix-like federated messenger with a fraction of the computing power required. I've been keeping eye on DeltaChat for a while. However, it is unwilling to load existing chats from the IMAP; it expects to read the fresh message from the server, add it to your local on-device history and be done with the server copy. Should your device be destroyed and you buy a new one? There is (AFAIK) no standard way to download the history from the server as if nothing happened. That's a no-go for me.

Another simple-to-fix but utterly annoying thing is that you can't configure it to send your photos untouched. It always applies some level of compression, you can only select the intensity.