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I don't know why the developer of Mailbox decided to only support Gmail and Apple iCloud. But I do know that making an IMAP client is extremely painful. I once
by bfwi 12y ago
I don't know why the developer of Mailbox decided to only support Gmail and Apple iCloud. But I do know that making an IMAP client is extremely painful. I once had to, and I can't remember having to deal with a more confusing or frustrating interface.
- yoz-y 12y agoI do not have the numbers but significant amount of iOS users have Gmail or iCloud mail accounts. Mailbox was originally only for iOS and Gmail, later they have added iCloud, later they have added Android. Maybe in some time IMAP will be added as well. But it is sure as hell more viable to start with something that covers enough users to keep the lights going before trying to do everything.
- thehal84 12y agoI concur. I had to test a new IMAP Server for a Linux distro years ago, a lot of complexity.
- kps 12y agoPOP is pretty darn simple though. I used to read mail, when away from home, using 'telnet mail.example.com 110'.