advice to regularly receive messages, pqxdh authored by about:privacy's avatar about:privacy
......@@ -190,9 +190,12 @@ Use Settings to enable/disable features such as link preview, incoming calls etc
torsocks -i signal-cli -a $PHONE_NR updateConfiguration --read-receipts false --unidentified-delivery-indicators true --typing-indicators false --link-previews false
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## Every now and then: Receiving messages with signal-cli
## Regularly: Receiving messages with signal-cli
Every now and then you should also receive events with your signal-cli, so they are purged from the Signal servers:
The `receive` command should be regularly executed. This is for three reasons:
- for some functionality the Signal protocol requires that all messages have been received from the server.
- purging messages from the Signal servers
- for not unlinking secondary devices due to Signals quantum resistance measurements.
1. Receive events executing:
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