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		buboard on Dec 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Federation is the Worst of all Worlds (2018) i guess there is a difference between "dumb" federation the way nntp/smtp does it and e.g. matrix where account data and subscriptions are kept in the servers.

TheCycoONE on Dec 18, 2019 [–]

I don't follow. In what sense does SMTP have 'dumb' servers? Account data is definitely on the mail server.

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