No, chatmail does not prevent this, assuming there has not been a change I am unaware of. A new chat is only blocked for the first few seconds and after that, a new contact is allowed to send you unencrypted messages until they receive your encryption key.
I agree these would be nice features to have (but theyāre not adoption blockers for me).
By the way, itās the same on Android, itās not possible to reorder profiles in the profile switcher.
Depending on which client you use, itās possible to select multiple images and/or files at once for sending, although I assume that they are still sent as individual messages. You should be able to do this already with the Desktop client.
However the Android client will only let you select multiple images at once (but not multiple files) and the iOS client wonāt let you select multiple images or files at once. Hopefully this will be addressed in a future update.
chatmail disallows sending unencrypted messages, so you might send an unencrypted message, but sending will be blocked by the mailserver (sure the mailserver could in theory see the contents of that unencrypted message, but it wonāt send it further).
I agree that it would be nice to have this also blocked client side in the case of incomplete secure join - or a confirmation dialog to say āencryption not fully established yet, wait for it or send unencrypted anyway?ā
This is based on my understanding (chatmail is not my area of expertise), @link2xt @missytake @hpk correct me if Iām wrong.
But letās better further discuss this in a new topic, to keep this topic on point.
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Yes, the problem is not being able to decide to send all attachments in the same email.
This is not a problem for chat (although it could be if one is using a server other than chatmail so as not to run into a message limit) however, it can be a problem if one is sending an email.
However deltachat is a chat client, so letās say it is an understandable limitation.
Email has a size limitation, so that needs to be communicated in the UI when we add the feature to send multiple images/files in one message.
But this limit is there even for a single attachment that is too large.
I think it could potentially be an additional feature to be able to decide the total size limit of attachments for a single email for our provider so that deltachat can breaks down the attachments into the smallest number of messages possible, however again, maybe itās an overcomplicated thing.
After a few days using Delta Chat, all good, butā¦ So far the winning annoying missing feature is the impossibility to edit sent messages (or at least delete+edit in one go, as Mastodon offered before implementing āEditā in one go).
Sticker packs! Furries on Telegram have built up a significant cultural attachment to Telegramās sticker packs. Lots of us have commissioned stickers of our characters, and we use them to express ourselves. But, more critically for sticker packs, people have gotten together to commission gigantic, multi-part packs (several hundred stickers) for common fursona species, like snow leopards, lynxes, red pandas, wolves, and more. Most people commission stickers knowing that other people can easily add the pack and use them, because we want to contribute to the commons.
I could convince a lot of furries to switch from Telegram to Delta Chat if it had sticker packs. (Especially with Telegramās continued insistence on adding blockchain features and ads.)
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I created the topic here to address this.
@adbenitez doesnāt Arcane Chat have support for Telegramās sticker packs? Would it be easy for @s0ph0s and other furries to import and use these sticker packs in Arcane Chat, or are there sticker packs already built in?
I will chime in that attachment-related messaging is my chief reservation for recommending Delta to others.
Sending files or rich media, or multiple images can quickly add up to more than the 20 mags the generally produces an error for chat mail or Gmail or whatever email. It is also asymmetrically implemented. Some mail providers allow 50 mb attachments, Others are more stringent. So there is no UI notice that the file is too big. It simply produces an error and one has to go into error messages to see what the problem is, with no advisement on how I might still send a large file. This is a major deterrent for the less technologically inclined who might be used to telegram or iMessage.
A feature implementing multi part attachments that are combined in messaging would be very useful. There is a xdc That does this, but its feature set is incredibly buggy and does not work for mobile. Since messages can be encrypted, it would be possible to have multiple messages (Containing a part of the file, perhaps zipped ) interpreted as one message (unzipped?).
The other, which is not a major deterrent, Is the ability to edit or update a message? This seems more technologically complex.emphasized text