Show HN: mnm, an open source project to replace email and SMTP

7 points by networkimprov 5y ago ↗ HN

The mnm project is building a legitimate* replacement for email: a client, a server, and a simple protocol between them.

https://mnmnotmail.org

The project is seeking contributors and patrons. It has been in progress since 2017, wholly self-funded. This is the first announcement to a wide audience.

[*] Legitimate, meaning decentralized, store-and-forward, open protocol, open source.

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networkimprov 5y ago ↗

Here's a live link: https://mnmnotmail.org

If you set up the mnm server and would like to let others make accounts on it, please add it here:

https://github.com/networkimprov/mnm-hammer/issues/4

rendx 5y ago ↗

From skimming the front page, all of the features described could just be implemented (and standardized) on top of SMTP/IMAP instead of replacing it, no?

networkimprov 5y ago ↗

I suppose I could have borrowed aspects of IMAP, but the result wouldn't interoperate with other IMAP software.

Here's the protocol draft:

https://github.com/networkimprov/mnm/blob/master/Protocol.md