http API for IMAP

[Ralph Seichter]

* Thomas Güttler via dovecot:

> Is there a way to access mails in dovecot via https?

Why on earth would that be beneficial?

  "The Internet Message Access Protocol, Version 4rev1 (IMAP4rev1)
   allows a client to access and manipulate electronic mail messages
   on a server." (RFC 3501)

Putting it bluntly: Learn to use the protocol specifically designed for
the task at hand, not a protocol with different design goals that you
happen to know better.

-Ralph