I started using DC recently and I really like the idea of being able to use the good old email as a messenger, plus the cryptography ready out of the box without having to do anything too technicalâŚREALLY GREAT!!!
But unfortunately I realized that I canât absolutely use only DC client to consult the email, because unfortunately some important messages like those from my bank or credit card, or at least all those that arrive in html, are totally unreadable, so in the end I was forced to reconfigure the email client to be able to read all these messages that otherwise with DC I canât read;
in addition, some messages do not even reach me, and they are not even present in the âcontact requestsâ !
In short, I canât use it fully as my daily driver, and Iâm sorry to say it, but if some functions are not implemented to read these messages more easily in the near future, then Iâm forced to abandon DC as redundant app.
Hey Claudio! thanks for taking the time and write up your experience and warning!
Itâs true that Delta Chat is not yet ready to be a ânormal e-mail appâ replacement. So far it wasnât a primary goal but rather we we wanted to get a decent chat experience, comparable to Whatsapp and others.
The good news is that improving e-mail compatibility and usefulness of Delta Chat as a general e-mail app is the upcoming focus of the next release series!
Here youâll find the list of current issues improve e-mail compatibility ¡ GitHub â we are still working on finishing and bugfixing the current release series, which will see all platforms support âSwipe to Replyâ and showing âquotesâ in messages.
I just opened a group for testing and discussing âemail compatâ related issues for the next release series. Please feel free to join this group, and maybe help us testing ânightlyâ features or release candidates when the time comes. And then, maybe around the end of this crazy 2020 year Delta Chat will be a much better replacement for regular e-mail apps
If anyone else wants to join and help on the topic of âDelta Chat Email-Compat, as e-mail appâ testing please be welcome.
The first time I tried DC, some months ago, I did the same mistake to use it like an e-mail client. But it isnât this! (or not yet).
My hint is to use it just for chats, with a secondary address or even with your own but only for the DC messages (settings > chat & media > only chat).
I set âAllâ, because I want people who use classic mailers to recognize Delta Chat by sending my messages with the appropriate signature (âSent with Delta Chatâ), so that they give it a try. This way, I get contact requests from people who do not use Delta Chat, yet.
But it is great to see all the effort done by the developers to achieve better readability. Thank you so much!
Why do you want to leave DC?
You can use it in conjunction with another email client.
On the other hand DC is primarily an instant messaging app.
I also use another client to check some html emails.
DC is growing, I know, it will take time for some functions to be implemented.
What feature are you missing that you just canât do without?
Another good working way to use DC is to use a extentions address.
I use a mailbox.org address (myNormalAddress+deltachat@mailbox.org)
Messages from and to this address I move via sieve filter to the
deltachat-IMAP-folder.
So I will not disturbed from DC messages in my inbox.
Excuse me Claudio, but which version of Delta Chat do you use?
I ask you because some time ago I had problems viewing html e-mails, I opened an issue and Hocuri fixed the bug.
I assure you that in version 1.14.X I have not had these problems anymore.
Download the latest version and you will see the difference. https://download.delta.chat/android/
@claudio and @anon43200645, but⌠are you Italians? Iâm finally not the only Italian who uses DC!
Hi!
I have the latest version from fdroid which is 1.14.4, but sincerely I donât understand if my problem with html message is the same of the one described in github.
Claudio, we need to solve your problem. Can you send a screenshot of the problem you are presented with with html emails? Describe the problem, send log that I open an issue on github. If you want to be part of the Italian Delta Chat group, Iâll create one now, so we discuss the issues and solutions.
If no one answers I open an issue on github, but first I wanted to hear the opinion of Hocuri who had put his hand to the html problem. I who complained about the problem, have not had any more after the Hocuri bugfix.
