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From: Bill Janssen <janssen@parc.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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Hoa V. DINH <dinh.viet.hoa@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think using human readable text protocol is still a very good idea since it makes it easier to debug just by logging input/output of the protocol.

Yes, that's always been the argument.  On the other hand, you don't
read those logs with your bare Mark-I eyeballs.  You use a tool, even
if it's just less+xterm.  Writing a WireShark plugin is so streamlined
these days that I see no real advantage in the text formats anymore.

Bill