support for jmap

asked 2015-01-06 11:29:32 +0200

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updated 2015-01-06 11:31:42 +0200

What is JMAP?

JMAP is a transport-agnostic, stateless JSON-based API for synchronising a mail client with a mail server. It is intended as a replacement for IMAP. The specification is based on the API currently used by FastMail’s web app. It aims to be compatible with the IMAP data model, so that it can be easily implemented on a server that currently supports IMAP, but also allows for reduced data usage and more efficient synchronisation, bundling of requests for latency mitigation and is generally much easier to work with than IMAP.

source: http://jmap.io/

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This would be a very useful feature.

richardski ( 2015-01-06 20:46:52 +0200 )edit
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Agreed, would be very good and nice if Jolla/SailfishOS supported this. How widely spread this API/protocol is and are there many clients and mail servers that support this?

foss4ever ( 2015-01-06 21:06:18 +0200 )edit

Definitely fastmail.com since it is mainly their effort. In the video here they are talking about "Joining with other major vendors" but I couldn't find who those vendors are (but it's safe to say it is not Google:D). Since Fastmail is a major contributor to the Cyrus IMAP server, it is reasonable to assume the support will appear there.

asgeirr ( 2015-01-27 10:17:56 +0200 )edit