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# Modern Email Pre-FOSDEM Hackathon 2025


Beonex (Ben Bucksch) will host the Hackaton.

- Date: Friday, 31st of January 2025, Brussels
- Time: gathering 9:45, until 17:00
- Lunch break at 12:30. Restaurant
  Pizzaria Paolo's Idee, Av. d'Auderghem 48 (5 min walk)
  https://maps.app.goo.gl/65tfkKjEAGnep7rv8
- We might have an informal gathering in the evening around 19:00 as well
- See also https://github.com/modern-email/FOSDEM-25

## Venue

ICANN
Rdpt Robert Schuman 6
1040 Bruxelles
Belgium
https://maps.app.goo.gl/SSVDZEETyLqjPwHS6
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## Participants and Topics

Please register early, so that we can book a room of the appropriate size.

Note your name and topics of interest:

- Hans-Jörg Happel (audriga)
  - SML
  - JMAP
- Benoit TELLIER (Linagora, Apache James)
  - JMAP
  - email server
- Ben Bucksch (Beonex Parula)
  - Autoconfig
  - Authentication (2FA, Passkey, OAuth2) for mail
  - JMAP
  - Phishing links vs. tracking links
- Carsten Rosenberg (Heinlein)
  - Authentication (2FA, Passkey, OAuth2) for mail
  - JMAP
  - Mail Security
- Manu Zurmühl (Heinlein)
- Mechiel Lukkien (mox)
  - Testing Interoperability: Share infra
  - SMTP deliverability: Detect failures and reasons using failure codes, help admins to resolve
  - Authentication
    - MFA without browser
    - Expiry
    - SCRAM: Why not implemented by clients?
  - DNS: Automated changes by mail server to authorative DNS, e.g. to rotate keys
- Damian Poddebniak
  - Authentication (2FA, Passkey, OAuth2) for mail
  - Mail security
- Jakob Schikowski
- Dave Cridland (XMPP)
- Daniel Gultsch (Conversations XMPP Android,  Ltt.rs JMAP Android, OMEMO encryption)
- Simon Ser (Go libraries, OAuth2)
- Alexey Melnikov (Isode Limited, IETF)
  - Authentication (2FA, Passkey) for mail
  - IMAP (both server side and client side)
  - Mail Security (S/MIME)
- Stephen Farell (Auth, IETF)
- Kerry Hartnett (with Stephen)
- Arnt Gutbrandsen (ICANN)
- Nick Malygins (Beonex Parula)
- Zhivko Vasilev (MailTemi)
- Robin Jarry (aerc)
  - autoconfig
  - offline client synchronization (IMAP, JMAP)
- Kai Engert (kaie)
    - Thunderbird, email encryption

### Limited time
- ca. 14:30: Kai Engert
- Dinner: Mauro De Gennaro (Stalwart): Flight lands on Friday at 3.40pm, so I'll probably join for dinner.

### Regrets

The following are unfortunately not able to come, due to last minute issues:

- cketti (Thunderbird for Android/K-9 Mail)
  - Authentication (OAuth2 with dynamic client registration)
  - Autoconfig
  - Interoperability & testing
- Daniel E.

## Comments and Suggestions

## Questions

