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JMAP for Calendars, Contacts and Files Now in Stalwart

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316 points StalwartLabs | 4 comments | 22 Oct 25 17:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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sylens ◴[22 Oct 25 19:44 UTC] No.45674189[source]▶
We need better client support for JMAP. Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook (as if), and so on. I'm surprised some of the smaller ones like Canary or Spark don't implement it as a product differentiator.
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woodruffw ◴[22 Oct 25 19:59 UTC] No.45674372[source]▶
Serious question: what’s the differentiator if major email providers don’t support it?

(This should not be interpreted as a defense of IMAP.)

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1. mjrpes ◴[22 Oct 25 21:54 UTC] No.45675645[source]▶
One big differentiator is JMAP allows one network connection to track new emails that may get delivered across different folders. With IMAP you need a connection open for each folder.
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2. woodruffw ◴[22 Oct 25 21:57 UTC] No.45675675[source]▶
Okay, that's a great feature! But I guess I'm asking what the differentiator is if major email providers don't use it.
3. mmooss ◴[22 Oct 25 23:27 UTC] No.45676450[source]▶
Why is that necessarily a good thing? If there's a problem with one folder - or just a large email - all are delayed?
4. kilburn ◴[22 Oct 25 23:29 UTC] No.45676464[source]▶
Implementing IMAP NOTIFY [1] would be a simpler path assuming you have IMAP implemented already though.

[1] https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5465.html