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Re: [imap5] Feature set? - was Re: Designing a new replacement protocol for IMAP

Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@gulbrandsen.priv.no> Fri, 24 February 2012 09:00 UTC

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Subject: Re: [imap5] Feature set? - was Re: Designing a new replacement protocol for IMAP
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On 02/24/2012 01:09 AM, Brandon Long wrote:
> Of course, if we aren't parsing the messages on the server, we have to
> ask why we're implementing IMAP5 and not POP4

Some time ago you wrote that IMAP is the de facto API for talking to
gmail. I understand that you offer POP too, but IMAP's what people use,
right?

Arnt

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