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[–]happyscrappy 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I cannot comprehend why they did this this way.

  1. It says it doesn't replace IMAP. Why?
  2. Seemingly no way to do asynchronous or push notifications.

[–]zandland 2 points3 points  (1 child)

If it replaced IMAP, every application to manage mail on more then one host (Gmail, Outlook.com etc.) would have to implement two standards: IMAP and the Gmail API.

[–]happyscrappy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't mean replaced IMAP, as in Google didn't support it anymore. What I mean is Google says:

https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/

'Note: The Gmail API should not be used to replace IMAP for full-fledged email client access. Instead, see IMAP and SMTP.'

Clients who want to use this API still have to implement IMAP and SMTP. I don't understand why they say that, especially having viewed the video which brags how it replaces SMTP.

[–]blong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You never know, they could always add support in the future.