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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by methyl on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:38AM (#16975356)
Isn't it the case for any app?
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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by Qwertie on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @09:43AM (#16976761)
The logic is a native app can make a direct IMAP connection to the mail server and you can check it is doing so where as a web app has to send the login details to a server which does IMAP for the client and you can not see this last part.
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