If you write pedantic rants, then get your terminology right. Email is a heavily overloaded term. The protocol is SMTP,POP3, and IMAP. The data format is somet

If you write pedantic rants, then get your terminology right. Email is a heavily overloaded term. The protocol is SMTP,POP3, and IMAP. The data format is something defined through various RFCs and proprietary convenience. The use cases differ from corporate Outlook via Exchange server to people typing text into webforms.