[MlMt] JMAP support

[Patrik Fältström]

On 30 Dec 2018, at 1:58, Randall Gellens wrote:

> the biggest problem with IMAP is the huge variability among servers.  Adding yet another protocol to the mix will only make that problem worse.

+1

> There have been attempts over the years to raise the bar for IMAP server compatibility by mandating support for a slew of extensions and certain behavior that is now variable.  But it hasn't gotten wide support among servers.  So I don't see how something new will do better.

Including Gmail.

If you look at The Big Players, they have always been the issue. Look at Microsoft/SMTP and Google/IMAP over time... Mumble...

> It's also not true, as the link asserts, that IMAP is not designed for today's constrained network environments or high latency.  Quite the opposite: IMAP was originally designed to work over dial-up modems with extremely low bandwidth, high latency, and high disconnects.

Agree. IMAP is very efficient for constrained networks.

   Patrik
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