Email

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How should email be offered on the laptops?

OLPC intern [Imran Akbar] is working on a prototype email client written in Python. It will initially utilize existing POP/IMAP servers to store messages, and use a keyserver for GPG encryption and zlib compression built-in. The GUI interface will be simpler, with three tabs on the left: Mail and Contacts... voicemail capabilities will be added later utilizing the Speex codec.

Other ideas:

  • Captchas and Hashcash to eliminate spam
  • Easy list creation
  • tags
  • presence - location & local time
  • global address book

Generous thanks to [Wingware] for their great IDE for Python.