From c8e9b20f5eebe4d5f45de8a02a38dfe7874d3077 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oskar Thoren Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:41:52 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add mailserver spec and elab on sender/receiver mode --- status-whisper-mailserver-spec.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/status-whisper-mailserver-spec.md b/status-whisper-mailserver-spec.md index a7e0c13..65c7d59 100644 --- a/status-whisper-mailserver-spec.md +++ b/status-whisper-mailserver-spec.md @@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ TBD. In the case of mobile clients which are often offline, there is a strong need to have an ability to download offline messages. By offline messages, we mean messages sent into the Whisper network and expired before being collected by the recipient. A message stays in the Whisper network for a duration specified as `TTL` (time-to-live) property. +See [EIP-627](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-627) for more detail on *Whisper Mail Server* and *Whisper Mail Client*. + ## Mailserver A mailserver can either be running as a server or as a client. +Since Whisper is a form of DHT, a mailserver only requires a specific relationship with the receiver of a message, not with the sender of a message. + ### Server @@ -63,4 +67,6 @@ In order to use a mail server, a given node needs to connect to it directly, i.e ### Denial-of-service +Since a mailserver is delivering expired envelopes. + TBD.