Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Daphne Preston-Kendal @dpk@chaos.social

1/13/2026, 10:12:23 AM

Quiet public

I wonder if we couldn’t attempt to do to SMTP-based email what RCS is doing to SMS

djb proposed some improvements both small (QMTP, MXPS) and big (Internet Mail 2000) about 25 years ago.

MXPS (which uses special magic numbers for priority in MX records to indicate support for particular protocols) in particular could be used to implement a superseding protocol.

Ideally you would want to supersede both SMTP and the RFC 822/MIME-derived message format, but in a trivially downgradable way

Daphne Preston-Kendal @dpk@chaos.social

1/13/2026, 10:14:22 AM

Quiet public

Built-in end-to-end encryption and lightweight (!) delivery receipts should be a non-negotiable starting point

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