mikedilger on Nostr: I think inbox/outbox are the most well understood terms. Other people put things into ...

I think inbox/outbox are the most well understood terms. Other people put things into your inbox, and so you need to check it for new things. You put things into your outbox and everybody comes to see what you have posted. Of course you also put things into other people's inboxes and you read things from other people's outboxes, so clients have four kinds of paths (actually 5 since reading from other people's inboxes lets you see full thread replies).

Gossip also has an unpublished outbox called "write" which instructs gossip to always write to this relay (in addition to the norm) whenever it writes.
Gossip also has an unpublished inbox called "read" which instructs gossip to always read from this relay (in addition to the norm) whenever it is seeking something.
These terms and usages might be confusing and I'd take feedback on alternate names for these.