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From: Imants Cekusins <imantc@gmail.com>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:54 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] If Crispin were creating IMAP today how would
 it be different?
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> You know what our biggest headache is.  Disk IO.  Even with a ton of
SSD-based optimisation, things that reduce IO win every time over
reducing computation.

well, let's say:
simpler protocol
-> more implementations
-> better choice of mailbox storage backends

emails can even be stored in a cloud.
so much for disk bottleneck.

