Re: [Imap-protocol] If Crispin were creating IMAP today how would it be different?

Imants Cekusins <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:37:38 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.mail.imap.general
Message-ID <CAP1qinb35eXqvOKctBTvR3tQYJ4Bi1bvtMAaSrOhN9dWkf5BoA@mail.gmail.com>
> You know what our biggest headache is.  Disk IO.  Even with a ton of
SSD-based optimisation, things that reduce IO win every time over
reducing computation.

well, let's say:
simpler protocol
-> more implementations
-> better choice of mailbox storage backends

emails can even be stored in a cloud.
so much for disk bottleneck.
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