~/.forward:
```
\hitlerrapist1488
| /usr/local/bin/mecharinko hitlerrapist1488@menhera.hair
```

mecharinko:
```
#!/bin/bash
while read; do
[[ $REPLY =~ ^Subject ]] && s="$REPLY"
[[ -z $REPLY ]] && break
done
xmppc -a mail -m message chat "$1" "$s
$(cat -)"
```

~/.config/xmmpc.conf:
```
[mail]
jid=mecharinko@menhera.hair
pwd=correct horse battery staple
```

Hawk Tuah recently went viral for her rant about the benefits of using XMPP over centralized chat networks.

"XMPP is an open, decentralized, and secure messaging protocol. Unlike proprietary services, XMPP lets users choose their own servers, ensuring privacy and control."

She adds, "By adopting XMPP, we can foster a more open and secure internet, free from corporate surveillance and data mining."

@trwnh @dmitri

Now that you mention #XMPP.. at the time that https://openengiadina.net dropped #ActivityPub support for XMPP I was tempted to follow along. So many things are better documented in that open standard and the subsequent XEP's.

Yet also both XMPP and #Matrix are first and foremost instant messaging / chat protocols, and to me using them to build other abstractions on top of felt forced, plus being among the first and only ones to do so.