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Re:Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox by dirkdk on Monday December 07, 2015 @02:06PM (#10691791)
And you are limited by a 30 year old standard (IMAP) with an insane message format. Building a truly new email experience would require a new protocol as well.
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Re:Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox by ash on Monday December 07, 2015 @02:19PM (#10691907)
There's JMAP protocol (from fastmail.com): http://jmap.io/
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Re:Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox by darkr on Monday December 07, 2015 @03:23PM (#10692398)
I really hope this protocol takes off and gains widespread adoption.
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Re:Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox by brongondwana on Monday December 07, 2015 @08:11PM (#10694102)
Me too :) Hoping to announce a bunch more support in the Cyrus IMAP server very soon!
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Re:Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox by matthewmcg on Monday December 07, 2015 @02:25PM (#10691955)
It could be worse. I still have relatives using POP--across multiple devices!
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