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Re: [imap5] Designing a new replacement protocol for IMAP

Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi> Wed, 15 February 2012 20:01 UTC

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On 15.2.2012, at 21.51, Mark Crispin wrote:

> One last thought. The only likely "IMAP killer" is not a new open-source
> protocol. It is Exchange.

Well, it is open enough nowadays and has one almost complete open source implementation, so it's not all bad..

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