rra(_at_)stanford(_dot_)edu (Russ Allbery) wrote on 24.12.02 in
<ylznqvnhki(_dot_)fsf(_at_)windlord(_dot_)stanford(_dot_)edu>:
I and others have also tried to raise the issue of IMAP as a protocol for
reading Usenet messages, and have been met with disbelief that anyone does
this (even though we'd pointed out that we knew it was done) and complete
lack of concern for the effects on such systems.
Well, I would not so much disbelieve that this is done, as much as that
doing this is particuölarly sane. Reading the IMAP RFC makes for an
interesting experience, but I wouldn't call it particularly pleasant.
IMAP has some useful features, yes, but the protocol that implements them
is more than baroque.
MfG Kai