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I've wondered before now about an e-mail system which hosts the emails on one's own device, and uses the activity-pub protocol : decentralised email, I guess...
The closest I've seen is Tox.
E-mail is already decentralised
They're kept on other people's servers, is what I meant.
You can run your own mail server and keep your emails on a device you control instead of e.g., gmail.
It's non-trivial so most people stick with letting someone else handle it. Just like you're probably not running your own Lemmy instance, but Lemmy is still decentralized.
Hehe You answered your own statement! If it were ever to become non-trivial : I'd certainly do it (even though I know people who do, are bombarded with spam).
https://mailinabox.email/
:) Thank you. Yes Mail in a box has been around for a while. Still not straightforward, though.
Skill issue
Just like messages on any given lemmy instance is hosted on their servers.
Decentralisation comes from the fact you can run your own instance (or email server)