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Why does Lemmy use "@" instead of ":" like Matrix does?
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this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
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I am no dev of lemmy, but traditionally, to connect remotely to a computer it was user@computer.name. The mail addresses simply use this pattern. It's nice for Lemmy to use it, and I'd say ot would have been nicer for matrix to use it (not that I really care)