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		ksec on Jan 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Delta Chat – decentralized chat via email Is Fast IMAP fast enough for Chat? I think most IM currently does sub 50ms response time excluding Network Latency.

buster on Jan 24, 2021 [–]

It's not instant, of course it relies on the smtp servers in between, but for a Gmail to Gmail test it was nearly instant, for my own mail relay to Gmail it was probably 10 seconds delay which is fine for me.

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