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		wmil on June 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Slack will never replace email It wasn't exactly ignored. Until March 2018 there were IRC and XMPP gateways supported. So you could use alternative clients will a full suite of accessibility features. But now they're gone.

Fnoord on June 17, 2019 [–]

Gone because the company who produces Slack doesn't want such anymore.

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