NovaFuture is proud to announce the official release of PeerBox! A 100% P2P messaging system for Linux, fully open source. Runs on SSH over Tor for maximum security. No account required, no spam possible. Please share the word.

  • NovaFuture@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 day ago

    Great question! Think of it this way: your own machine acts as the server. So yes, in your scenario, the message waits on your machine until both sides are online at the same time. Once that happens, it gets delivered automatically. It works exactly like regular email, except your PC does the job instead of an external server. No middleman needed. In practice, if you leave PeerBox running, the overlap happens naturally, even for a few seconds. And if you really need guaranteed async delivery across very different time zones, you could just keep PeerBox running on a machine that stays on, like a small home server or a Raspberry Pi.

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      1 day ago

      I understand. Be aware that this can be quite a limiting factor, more than you think. The need to think about home servers starts to clash with the statement that

      It was built from day one to be usable by anyone, with zero tech background required.

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        1 day ago

        Your message seems to be cut off, but I think I get the point. To be clear, PeerBox doesn’t require you to set up any server. You just install it and use it. Everything configures itself automatically.