Hi. When can we expect to have email support for canisters? That is, when can we have the basic web(1) functionality on sound crypto principles? This is needed in order to build full-stack websites. Email is a foundational protocol. I would like to send email natively, without 3rd party (web2) inte…

Email is a protocol that relies on web2 infrastructure, it’s not possible to send an email to a traditional email server without using that same infrastructure. I’d love to see a paid notification service built on the IC that would handle the off-chain infrastructure required for canisters to send …

Email is a web1 creation and existed way before web2. First documented usage was 1971. Couldn’t we build a dedicated canister (like Bitcoin) for this? Are you saying the “World Computer” will never be able to send e-mail? I’m not really a big fan of calling Sendgrid to send e-mails and even more …

Couldn’t we build a dedicated canister (like Bitcoin) for this? How would this dedicated canister work? The dedicated Bitcoin canister is integrating with another decentralized network. Any email-equivalent of that would inevitably just do the same thing that you’re doing in your own canister a…

I guess it’s just way more complex than I thought. But I think my ask is fairly straight forward, at least philosophically. I’m fine with traffic being routed through intermediaries (if the destination e-mail is web2 then obviously it needs to hit through web2), but what I’m asking is to build the …

I’m asking is to build the sending and receiving functionality on-chain You are already doing this, through HTTPS Outcalls. What advantage would you have by making the SMTP requests instead of HTTPS requests? I’m fine with traffic being routed through intermediaries So if that’s the case, wha…

So your solution to the problem is to use Google (or other web2 centralized options) instead? And who makes an account to the service provider if a dApp is controlled by DAO? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of having all on-chain and no centralized intermediaries?

So your solution to the problem is to use Google (or other web2 centralized options) instead? Instead of what? It’s the only solution if you don’t want your emails going into a spam box. who makes an account to the service provider if a dApp is controlled by DAO You realize that no matter wha…

I agree with @integral_wizard ’s intent and desires here. We know there are technical challenges, but it seems crazy that ICP would not be able to provide native email support. There has been similar pushback to web sockets and HTTP outcall support on ICP. A lot of progress has been made on each. Ne…

I think what @NathanosDev is trying to say is that all email servers and providers are centralized, so you’d need to create a new email provider infrastructure that all the other email providers would recognize as valid and not spam. For those other centralized providers to trust the new provider, …

Email/ smtp support to canisters

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w3tester March 2, 2024, 11:25am 2

We’d also love to see support of using canister to verify user email.

I want vetKeys and secure enclaves

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Email/ smtp support to canisters

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