[delta-dev] a message to my IT/hacking friends ...

Here is a little post with my #covid-19 modified thoughts March 17: https://holgerkrekel.net/2020/03/17/message-to-my-it-hacking-friends-mar17/ There is a lot to digest. FWIW, in regards to DC i am also consdiering various things, as are others. Here are a few quick thoughts/efforts that could help general resilience and desaster usage of DC: - implement porting your e-mail address to a new e-mail provider. People often need/want to change their e-mail providers because they are on crappy ones. - ensure the IMAP/SMTP network stacks work robustly. People depend on it. - implement POP3 because some countries have large providers that only offer POP3 - consider putting DNS fallback IP addresses for common providers into next DC releases -- blocked or dying DNS would be less of a problem then. - write web bots that can manage large groups (but people can also try using Matrix for that or Telegram channels etc). We don't need to rule the world. We can ask for funding here and there and engage / contract more people. Will discuss with folks but it's not super-urgent for me at the moment. I'll also probably be online the next days but if you read my above post you'll know that it's not "constant" onlineness.