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Given that you could easily "unfederate" SMTP/pop3 and have the exact same model, I don't see how exactly the lack of federation will be a selling point.

I see any value in TMTP in the improvements as a protocol and I think it will be only be hurt by having no provision for federation in the protocol.

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A TMTP server could act as a proxy between a client and service; there are a few use cases for that (mentioned in FAQ, but not in current protocol draft).

I'm not aware of any use cases for store-and-forward federation that aren't better served by a client-server network. And I've been thinking about this around the clock for four years :-)

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