[Off Topic]: Speedy Mail 2.0 - a new webmail platform in Python and Django

[Uri Even-Chen]

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On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 1:13 AM, Daniel Shahaf <d.s at daniel.shahaf.name>
wrote:

> Uri Even-Chen wrote on Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 16:24:57 +0300:
> > Which protocols we should use to connect to the mail server? I understand
> > that IMAP has folders but not labels/tags, does it mean we can't use it?
> Is
> > it better to use POP3?
>
> IMAP does have labels, via the FLAGS command.  (There are "system flags"
> like \Seen and "keyword flags" which are probably what you want.)  The
> question of client support is another matter, but if you're writing
> a webmail, you can write it to exploit the feature as much as you want
> (and as the underlying imapd permits).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Daniel
>

OK, thank you. Let me know if you want to participate in this project.

Uri.
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