> we need something better than IMAP/POP to have a fighting chance in challenging google
How's that? I don't see how messing with IMAP/POP/JMAP will make a difference there. Mail delivery, over SMTP, is what the Gmails and Outlooks of this world are so nasty about. They claim to protect their users from spam, but small mail servers get killed in the crossfire. Mail clients downloading mail over whatever protocol is a trivial problem by comparison, and they have zilch to do with SMTP abuse.
The real positive thing that needs to happen to email, is putting an end to near-monopoly of gmail. Email is great. It's decentralized. You can simply roll your own. You can use whatever client you like. Apparently even using HTTP/JSON.
But you can't send mail to anyone using gmail, which is nearly everyone, unless you play by Google's rules. And even then they'll still put you in their spam folder, or just randomly blackhole you without any explanation or recourse.
JMAP vs IMAP vs POP is moot as far as I'm concerned. As long as my mail client continues to work, I'm good. If this gains any traction, I'm sure dovecot and the likes will add support for it (if they haven't already). But no amount of protocol fiddling can fix the fundamental issues of email centralization.
> every programming language in existence has easy to use HTTP and JSON parsing libraries
That argument doesn't hold much water. Every programming language in existence also has easy to use socket libraries. Are you implying that HTTP and JSON are less error-prone than whatever-over-TCP? There's nothing magical about either HTTP or JSON that makes them the right tool for every job. But I guess when all you have is a hammer ...
That would a Trump joke. He doesn't seem to be offended by penis size jokes, but seems oddly sensitive about jokes regarding the size of his (tiny) hands.
Surely what is or isn't amazing syntax depends entirely on your preferences and personal experiences. I can't stand the Python syntax. Significant whitespace is an instant turnoff for me. For me, figuring out Rust is a lot easier than figuring out Nim, because that's what I'm used to.
How's that? I don't see how messing with IMAP/POP/JMAP will make a difference there. Mail delivery, over SMTP, is what the Gmails and Outlooks of this world are so nasty about. They claim to protect their users from spam, but small mail servers get killed in the crossfire. Mail clients downloading mail over whatever protocol is a trivial problem by comparison, and they have zilch to do with SMTP abuse.