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add mailserver spec and elab on sender/receiver mode

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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
<!-- TODO: This doesn't actually describe how to implement a mailserver -->
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### Denial-of-service
Since a mailserver is delivering expired envelopes.
TBD.