Email Explained from First Principles

Re:Email Explained from First Principles by happytoexplain on Saturday May 08, 2021 @12:59PM (#27088848)

I don't know why, but the fact this isn't in the format of a blog makes me wary. It gives me "aggregator" vibes. However, it sure seems like a ton of dedication went into this writeup. I'd love to hear from somebody with domain knowledge who has read some of it if it seems good (i.e. factual/complete and well explained, subjectively).

Edit: Oh, it is a blog. Something about it made me assume it was like a WikiHow.

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Re:Email Explained from First Principles by KasparEtter on Sunday May 09, 2021 @03:50AM (#27094093)

Thanks for the feedback. I summarized over a 100 RFCs in this article so I certainly hope it's factual and complete. :-)

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Re:Email Explained from First Principles by happytoexplain on Sunday May 09, 2021 @10:44PM (#27102163)

I think what happened is I saw the breadth of the writeup, saw the title of the website, and thought "whoa, there are other writeups like this on other topics? It must be a platform anybody can submit to." That's a complement - this is an impressive undertaking.

I love the style so far. It hits that sweet spot where it's thorough, like documentation, but isn't obtuse, instead being written in prose, like a typical blog post, but without being wordy and overly conversational. This is truly valuable.

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