No E2EE with new contact via invite link -- permanent SMTP error

[bencan]

It’s easy for anyone to make this mistake of thinking that E2EE is set up immediately after scanning the QR code or clicking the invite link, so I’m glad this is being addressed and Delta Chat will soon block chats until E2EE is established, to prevent accidental misuse.

@marcf

Both participants need to be online.

Yes, but not necessarily at the same time. You can take turns to be online and it will still work.

I suggested here a way to make this less confusing for new users:

@bencan

Delta Chat on the device used to scan the QR code could display a message such as “Chat request sent. You will be notified when this contact approves the chat request” and then display a notification when E2EE is established.