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> Instead of using the IMAP protocol, Mimestream utilizes the Gmail API That's sadly a step in the wrong direction. JMAP (https://jmap.io/ https://jmap.io/) h
by ricardobeat 6y ago
> Instead of using the IMAP protocol, Mimestream utilizes the Gmail API
That's sadly a step in the wrong direction. JMAP (https://jmap.io/ https://jmap.io/) has been around for a while and it is a shame google refuses to adopt it.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoTo be fair, very few companies have rolled out JMAP support, AFAIK. It's unsurprising Google would hesitate to replace their proprietary API/advantage with an open standard while it's not well-used. Presumably if enough other mail services use it, Google will eventually follow suit.
- ymolodtsov 6y agoSo Gmail doesn't support it and yet it wrong for this developer to go this route? Being snobby about protocols isn't useful and comments like that should be sent to Google instead.
- ricardobeat 6y agoWasn't supposed to come across like that. The sad part is that Google has enough grip on e-mail to halt adoption of any standard; GMail has been around for 16 years, you'd expect some kind of standard to come out of it to support modern e-mail features. Developers not having a choice doesn't make it less wrong. JMAP has been around for 5+ years, and specs published last year by the IETF: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8620 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8620 and https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8621 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8621