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I'm not sure if I understand the claimed benefit of jmap being an open standard. Isn't imap already an open standard? If so, if Gmail adopted jmap and added pro
by kovac 3y ago
I'm not sure if I understand the claimed benefit of jmap being an open standard. Isn't imap already an open standard? If so, if Gmail adopted jmap and added proprietary APIs to it, wouldn't we end up where we are now?
- TimTheTinker 3y agoThe benefits are that (a) JMAP is superior to IMAP in ways that really affect end-users of email clients, and (b) as opposed to other high-performance email protocols, JMAP is an open standard. > if Gmail adopted jmap and added proprietary APIs to it, wouldn't we end up where we are now? The promise is that vendors would be able to use JMAP out of the box.
- catiopatio 3y ago> in ways that really affect end-users of email clients If you don’t mind enumerating what you have in mind, what specifically?
- chrismorgan 3y agoI worked through a few in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36134733 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36134733.
- buzzert 3y agoIMAP is a really difficult and antiquated protocol to work with also. It's responses are in a non-regular grammar (as opposed to JSON), and IMAP server implementations vary wildly. As a result, properly functioning IMAP clients/libraries are really few and far-between.