JMAP – a better way to email
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JMAP – a better way to email
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Re: JMAP – a better way to email
#2This looks interesting, as long as it is more efficient as a protocol and API. On another note, the entire email infrastructure need to be redesigned in my opinion.
Re: JMAP – a better way to email
#3Wasn't there a startup recently that pivoted from being a mail client into building a generalized API for interfacing with mail services like gmail/yahoo/outlook? I forgot the name but I'm super interested in efforts like this.
I have the feeling the next big social network disruption is going to be leveraging e-mail in a big way. E-mail is the established quasi-p2p (it's a network of centralized services) platform that everyone has an account and a very complete social network on. I'm not saying it would be easy to launch a Facebook competitor from e-mail, but I believe it's still got the potential to launch one last social network and someone just has to do it.
I'm hoping the key lies somewhere in building the right sort of mail client, that's got the reliability and extent of e-mail, adding on top some hook feature and layering in perhaps a dash of privacy, cryptography and independence. There's got to be something viral in there.
Re: JMAP – a better way to email
#4Wasn't there a startup recently that pivoted from being a mail client into building a generalized API for interfacing with mail services like gmail/yahoo/outlook? I forgot the name but I'm super interested in efforts like this. I have the feeling the next big social network disruption is going to be leveraging e-mail in a big way. E-mail is the established quasi-p2p (it's a network of centralized services) platform t…
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Re: JMAP – a better way to email
#5Did something happen to the comments? I'm seeing 78 upvotes and no comments.
Re: JMAP – a better way to email
#6I haven't had a chance to review the specifics of the protocol yet, but as a Fastmail user, I can vouch for the speed of event propagation across multiple clients. Its lightning fast; noticeably faster than say, Gmail.
Re: JMAP – a better way to email
#7Why would you create a new email protocol without an encryption requirement? I understand trying to fix the existing protocol problems but one of the biggest is plaintext.
Re: JMAP – a better way to email
#8This looks interesting, as long as it is more efficient as a protocol and API. On another note, the entire email infrastructure need to be redesigned in my opinion.
> as long as it is more efficient as a protocol and API
It is :)
Re: JMAP – a better way to email
#9Why would you create a new email protocol without an encryption requirement? I understand trying to fix the existing protocol problems but one of the biggest is plaintext.
Because SSL does the job of securing data between the server and the client just fine.
There are a ton of interesting problems in the email world, including all the server to server communications. JMAP is lightning focused on solving ONE of those problems - the communication between end-user devices and their mail server - and doing it well.
Re: JMAP – a better way to email
#10Did something happen to the comments? I'm seeing 78 upvotes and no comments.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of people raised their hands in joy and suddenly clicked to upvote. I fear something incredible has happened.
Better and more robust email protocols, based on unencumbered open tech? Yes please. What else is there to say? :)