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jasonmunro
·há 4 anos·discuss
You are likely right about all of these things. I agree commercial E-mail providers don't currently have a reason to offer JMAP support. Thunderbird already has robust IMAP support so why change it. But JMAP provides a new avenue to E-mail client development that is both easier for existing clients to deal with and encouraging for new development.
jasonmunro
·há 4 anos·discuss
hrm, handful of new github stars in one day? That's odd. Must have gotten picked up by something. Oh, HN repost of a blog post I wrote 3 years ago, cool!

To sum up my thoughts about this thread:

Appreciate the great discussion! Wherever you land on the validity of JMAP, as a long (long) time IMAP client developer I stand by my position that JMAP is a huge improvement over legacy IMAP. Not perfect, but walks a reasonable line between what IMAP client devs understand and the modern world of APIs 30 years later. Is it REST compliant or a SOAP derivative? Most likely no and yes. Does it only benefit client developers? Probably, but that is a big benefit to the E-mail ecosystem. IMO the biggest barrier to new and innovative E-mail clients is the obtuseness of the protocol itself, and JMAP goes a long way to bridge that gap.
jasonmunro
·há 4 anos·discuss
Hello, author here! Not sure who posted this old blog article but great to see an interesting discussion and new interest in the project. Development is active and we always appreciate new feedback!