Why we can send emails from gmail to yahoo or outlook but cannot do the same with instant messaging apps like WhatsApp to Messenger or iMessage?

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Why we can send emails from gmail to yahoo or outlook but cannot do the same with instant messaging apps like WhatsApp to Messenger or iMessage?

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Because there is a RFC for E-Mail but not for proprietary messaging protocols.

It’s a lot of reading and a whole rabbit hole about how RFC’s work for the internet.

https://emailstuff.org/rfc

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