I installed my own chatmail relay server today. I did some tests and I seem to have problems with notifications on iOS devices.
Pls correct me if I’m wrong… I read that - when using a Chatmail Relay - push notifications are done by using the Apple Pushservices via notifications.delta.chat .. right?
In my case … iPhone 7+ with iOS 15.8.4 no notification is received ever. Even after 2 hours. Notifications are allowed in iOS settings. Android devices get notifications instantly.
Is there any twist I missed? Some setting in Chatmail Relay or on the device?
Notifications on the iPhone seem to work after all. But the delay time varies enormously. The 2 hours without notification were the observed maximum. Now sometimes they are instant sometimes they are up to 60mins behind. On average it may be 5-10mins.
The maximum on an Android device was 40mins so far.
I think you are maybe not using the proprietary Apple and Google notification services.
Some clients don’t, for privacy reasons, and neither platform allows non-proprietory notifications. For instance, if you install DC for Android via F-droid, notifications do not work, but if you install the same client via Google Play I believe they do.
Of could the server may also not be talking to these proprietary services; I think there’s a setting.
Mobile Linux does not have a controlling monopolist to inflict these problems, so you get messages instantly.
No worries, Hoiba. Apple don’t even allow installing from non-Apple sources, do they? I don’t know what might be wrong, then.
If you can give the iOS and DC versions, that would probably be helpful. It might also be worth double-check every conceivable setting location, inside and outside the app, to be sure you haven’t turned off notifications somewhere; I found three places where I had to turn it on!
