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And you are limited by a 30 year old standard (IMAP) with an insane message format. Building a truly new email experience would require a new protocol as well.


There's JMAP protocol (from fastmail.com): http://jmap.io/


I really hope this protocol takes off and gains widespread adoption.


Me too :) Hoping to announce a bunch more support in the Cyrus IMAP server very soon!


It could be worse. I still have relatives using POP--across multiple devices!




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