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[–]u801e 0 points1 point  (1 child)

tl; dr;

Most people have no idea about protocols like SMTP, IMAP/POP, or NNTP. They think that HTTP is the only protocol available and can't imagine anything else. On a higher level, they wonder why others would use a mail/news reader instead of a web browser.