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

Arnt Gulbrandsen <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:34:32 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.mail.imap.general
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David Harris writes:
> Don't get me wrong - there are things I absolutely *loathe* 
> about IMAP (implied part 
> numbering in bodystructures being the biggest one), but it's 
> what we've got: I for 
> one have negative enthusiasm for spending another ten years in 
> bitter arguments 
> over some slightly "improved" replacement.

We're going to get it, though. There have been a few high-profile 
gmail-only IMAP client launches in the past few years, and now Gmail has a 
JSON-based prototocol that'll be simpler to use than IMAP for many people.

Quite agree about the implied part numbering.

Arnt

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