Re: [Imap-protocol] If Crispin were creating IMAP today how would it be different?
Dave Cridland <[email protected]> Mon, 9 Mar 2015 21:24:34 +0000
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On 9 March 2015 at 21:17, Bill Janssen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hoa V. DINH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think using human readable text protocol is still a very good idea > since it makes it easier to debug just by logging input/output of the > protocol. > > Yes, that's always been the argument. On the other hand, you don't > read those logs with your bare Mark-I eyeballs. You use a tool, even > if it's just less+xterm. Writing a WireShark plugin is so streamlined > these days that I see no real advantage in the text formats anymore. > That would indeed explain the recent resurgence of ASN.1 based protocols. _______________________________________________ Imap-protocol mailing list [email protected] http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/imap-protocol