Hey does not support IMAP and that's its most important feature

Hey does not support IMAP and that's its most important feature(blog.vrypan.net)

2 points by vrypan 5 years ago | 3 comments

znpy 5 years ago |

Paid email without IMAP is like renting a house and you're not given the keys.

vrypan 5 years ago | |

And now that I think of it. IMAP (more or less) allows you to download your mbox file. Why downloading using HTTP is so much worst (it isn't) than using IMAP?

vrypan 5 years ago | |

email was working long before there was IMAP. If you want your "keys", you have to be able to download your mbox file (which is possible in hey).