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0 pointsnulbyte2y ago0 comments

> You can’t realistically host an email server on your phone, which is what is meant. For that to work, your phone would need to be able to be woken up (to handle receiving a message)...

What you have described is normal behavior for a modern wireless device.

Temporary interruptions occur regularly, a reason for which store and forward designs feature in email servers to this day.

The problem to overcome is not temporary disruption but addressing.

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chrismorgan2y ago

The modern wireless device communicates regularly in this way with one trusted, well-known, well-behaving service. That’s very different from allowing anyone in the world to ping your phone and wake it up, at any time.

arccy2y ago

woken up to contact one of the big cloud notification services, which defeats the point of not using them

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chrismorgan2y ago

arccy2y ago

woken up to contact one of the big cloud notification services, which defeats the point of not using them

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