Comment by subhobroto
4 hours ago
That's what they used to do: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48708270
The OP had posted a detailed reply here as well, that they since deleted - I think because they didn't want to deal with all the pushback here.
No, I'm not afraid of pushback at all. I'm actually really glad I used IMAP.
Building on top of it let me solve a few major protocol headaches directly in the client:
The app filters out signature junk (like tiny social media and logo icons), pulls down just the raw attachments instead of downloading entire 20-year-old message threads, and handles thousands of images while gracefully managing Google's rate limits (to avoid connection drops).