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What are the advantages (for users) of using Gmail API over IMAP/JMAP? It sounds like huge disadvantage when email client works with just one provider.
by meehow 6y ago
What are the advantages (for users) of using Gmail API over IMAP/JMAP?
It sounds like huge disadvantage when email client works with just one provider.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoSince Gmail is monopoly-scale though, they have plenty of users to serve. Gmail has a lot of proprietary features that don't work through IMAP. Most of them could work with JMAP (like labels) but Gmail doesn't support that (yet, at least).
- philipwhiuk 6y agoExcept labels does work via IMAP: https://developers.google.com/gmail/imap/imap-extensions#access_to_gmail_labels_x-gm-labels https://developers.google.com/gmail/imap/imap-extensions#acc...
- ymolodtsov 6y agoThat support is limited, Gmail API allows you to do much more with labels.