google defined websocket protocol not long ago. We didn't actually need it. They did. With such a huge browser market share, all they crave for is information. All of it. And most of us (developers) embrace this flow because each and every "fault" they "discover" and use to create a new idiotic standard is an opportunity for us to profit. And we feed it.
I don't need jmap, none of us do. They need it, so they wrote 200 pages of stupid, extremely complicated specs with the hope that it will gain traction and we'll start developing.
They can't do it alone. They need us to embrace it. I won't and I hope none of you will. I hope this standard will die with a whimper.
I am doing my best to keep my e-mails where they belong. Far away from browser.
I use SMTP. There's nothing wrong with it. It works.
I use MIME. There's nothing wrong with it. It works.
I personally don't use IMAP. ODMR is all I actually need. But I configure and maintain IMAP servers. I see nothing wrong with it either. It works.
What baffles me is cyrus project accepting this idiocy. I just hope it won't become the new deal and the others (dovecot et all) will stay away from it. Panic and fear can and will escalate the process.
So how long until "everything is JSON"-shit will take over? I'm 40 years old and my bet is I will live to see it happening.
This is actually scary. And not because json or hydras.