Description: TMTP protocol, site-centric messaging to replace SMTP/IMAP email
TMTP is a new Internet protocol combining elements of email and the web. TMTP offers a simple, reliable, free, secure, decentralized method for messaging & correspondence & notification.
Online services lack a way to directly message their customers/members. Email (SMTP etc) is unreliable, insecure, and typically transits multiple third-party hosts between sender & recipient. (Email also has other painful problems!) Text messaging (SMS) is expensive. Some sites patch this gap by building & maintaining custom phone apps—at great cost.
The mnm open source project implements TMTP, both server and client. It’s applicable to any site that keeps a users list, but especially: