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New Guide for Setting up Mail Servers for Delta Chat - and Upcoming Workshops!

January 27, 2023 - Every once in a while we get asked what mail server is best suited for Delta Chat. In short - most mail servers will work well, and reliability depends more on their IP reputation and configuration parameters like spam checking, rate limits, and attachment size how well it works with Delta Chat. One feature-complete mail-server we have successfully worked with is Mailcow. Read on...

Decentralization Unchained (Psst ... want a UI/UX dev job?)

December 15, 2022 - What do indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest, friends in Cuba, families in Iran, activists from Russia, a monastery in Cambodia, and many folks in the Fediverse have in common? Read on...

Introducing Automatic E-mail Address Porting (AEAP)

September 14, 2022 - The Delta Chat 1.32 releases introduced e-mail porting mechanisms (AEAP). They enable for e-mail what number porting does for mobile phone communications, i.e. to more easily change between communication providers. Read on...

Sharing web apps in a chat

June 14, 2022 - Delta Chat 1.30 introduces support for webxdc apps: which makes it possible to share HTML5 apps (packaged as .xdc files) inside your chats, so that any participant can run the app by clicking “Start” in the message. It transforms Delta Chat into an extensible messenging app where third parties can easily program custom interactive chat extensions, called “webxdc apps”. Read on...

Which e-mail providers work well with Delta Chat? Quite some :)

January 16, 2022 - In the last couple of months we engaged with comparing around 20 international e-mail providers, based on our earlier research into comparison criteria. These efforts were part of our EPPD project funded by the EU. Read on...

Updates on Accounts, Downloads, Group-Joins, Search and more

November 17, 2021 - Yip, Delta Chat 1.24 is out for Android and iOS: Read on...

New data protection officer appointed and refined privacy policies

November 10, 2021 - The Delta Chat privacy policy situation just got even better! We appointed Prof. Dr. Fabian Schmieder, professor for data protection and media law of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hanover and coauthor of the standard work Betrieblicher Datenschutz (Operational data protection), who is now our data protection officer. He has been helping us for a long time and is not only a great advisor but also a brilliant pianist!:) Read on...

What Makes a Good E-Mail Provider? Let's find out :)

September 11, 2021 - What provider should I use for Delta Chat? We hear this question often but it’s not so easy to answer. Everyone has different needs and situations. So how to go about this? Read on...

Chat Requests, Multi-Account, Connectivity

August 24, 2021 - Delta Chat 1.22 is out! This post explains the most important changes in this release. Read on...

E-mail compatibility releases

May 05, 2021 - The current releases make interoperability with classic e-mail land even smoother, targeting several long-awaited things. Read on...

Delta Chat iOS is catching up!

February 04, 2021 - Delta Chat iOS is available since about a year now 🎉 — while being nicely usable and working, compared to the more mature Android and Desktop versions, some UI-features were just missing from our iOS app. Note that all platforms share the same, stable Rust-core so you can expect the same core functionality and stability that our longer evolving Android and Desktop apps enjoy. Read on...

Swipe to Reply and other Android News

November 05, 2020 - Cold November? No! After many weeks of development and testing, Android releases have shipped, starting the new release series. Read on...