Quote from: HeroC on August 14, 2013, 01:04:01 PM

Quote from: marcus_of_augustus on August 10, 2013, 02:23:54 PM

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Quote from: crazy_rabbit on August 09, 2013, 08:54:10 PM

I assume someone has already mentioned bitmessage.org (even though it's not email) it could replace email someday as a secure alternative.

Unless it becomes possible to send and receive messages to non-bitmessage users I highly doubt it will gain much acceptance. There's too much network effect to overcome.

It is already possible to configure Thunderbird mail client to route mail through the bitmessage network ... it will become just another protocol layer option like POP, IMAP, SMTP, etc.

Is there a tutorial? If so, I would love to do this.

In fact, yes there is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppk_zzjZRIg

no guarantees on what privacy leaks this opens up regards using the mail client both over bitmessage and normal channels. To begin with I would not use a Thunderbird client configured for bitmessage transport for regular mails or vice versa ... and I have no idea what other traffic Thunderbird may send/leak out, I know it can have lots of plugins etc ... so dyodd.