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Standard">Internet Standard</a> <a href="/wiki/Communication_protocol" title="Communication protocol">protocols</a> for handling <a href="/wiki/Email" title="Email">email</a>. JMAP is implemented using <a href="/wiki/JSON" title="JSON">JSON</a> <a href="/wiki/API" title="API">APIs</a> over <a href="/wiki/HTTP" title="HTTP">HTTP</a> and has been developed as an alternative to <a href="/wiki/IMAP" class="mw-redirect" title="IMAP">IMAP</a>/<a href="/wiki/SMTP" class="mw-redirect" title="SMTP">SMTP</a> and proprietary email APIs such as Google's Gmail and Microsoft's <a href="/wiki/MAPI" title="MAPI">MAPI</a> (used by Outlook).<sup id="cite_ref-jmap-io_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jmap-io-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additional protocols and data models being built on top of the core of JMAP for handling contacts and calendar synchronization are meant to be potential replacements for <a href="/wiki/CardDAV" title="CardDAV">CardDAV</a> and <a href="/wiki/CalDAV" title="CalDAV">CalDAV</a>, and other support is currently in the works.<sup id="cite_ref-jmap-status_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jmap-status-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Motivation">Motivation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=JSON_Meta_Application_Protocol&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Motivation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Developers Bron Gondwana and Neil Jenkins wrote on the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force" title="Internet Engineering Task Force">Internet Engineering Task Force</a> (IETF) news site that "the current open protocols connecting email clients and servers, such as IMAP, were not designed for the modern age." They cited IMAP's complexity, high resource use, poor adaptability to the network constraints of modern mobile devices, and complex interactions with other protocols like SMTP, CalDAV, and CardDAV.<sup id="cite_ref-ietf-blog_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ietf-blog-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They believe this has resulted in a stagnation in the quality of (especially <a href="/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free</a>) email clients, and the creation of proprietary protocols to overcome these limitations, for instance <a href="/wiki/MAPI" title="MAPI">MAPI</a>, used by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Exchange_Server" title="Microsoft Exchange Server">Exchange Server</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Outlook" title="Microsoft Outlook">Outlook</a> email products.<sup id="cite_ref-jmap-io_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jmap-io-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=JSON_Meta_Application_Protocol&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gondwana and Jenkins wrote, "JMAP is the result of efforts to address shortcomings [in existing protocols], providing a modern, efficient, easy-to-use API, built on many years of experience and field testing."<sup id="cite_ref-ietf-blog_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ietf-blog-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The protocol was developed with the intention of providing a modern open, reliable, and easy-to-use solution, and as a result it relies heavily upon the commonly-implemented <a href="/wiki/JSON" title="JSON">JSON</a> (JavaScript Object Notation). According to Gondwana of <a href="/wiki/Fastmail" title="Fastmail">Fastmail</a>—which has been a leading developer of the protocol -- "The use of JSON and HTTP as the basis of JMAP was always a key point — it means that people wanting to build something on top of email don’t have to re-implement complex parsers or find a software library in order to get started."<sup id="cite_ref-fastmail-blog-2018-12_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastmail-blog-2018-12-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After atmail decided to implement JMAP, CEO Dave Richards wrote in 2018 that "the complexities required to implement IMAP in both user and server side software has resulted in user difficulties and a lack of software options, along with a rigid user experience...The new JMAP protocol solves the existing issues and is modular enough to take advantage of future technology. JMAP makes email better."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=JSON_Meta_Application_Protocol&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>JMAP started around 2014 as an internal development project by the Australian-based email provider <a href="/wiki/Fastmail" title="Fastmail">Fastmail</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Starting in 2017 a working group at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force" title="Internet Engineering Task Force">IETF</a> has been leading the development and standardization process.<sup id="cite_ref-jmap-wg-about_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jmap-wg-about-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The core protocol and mail specifications were published in July and August 2019 by Neil Jenkins of Fastmail and Chris Newman of Oracle, as RFC 8620 and RFC 8621.<sup id="cite_ref-fastmail-blog-2018-12_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastmail-blog-2018-12-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rfc8620_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfc8620-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rfc8621_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfc8621-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The WebSocket specification was later published in August 2020 as RFC 8887, and Message Disposition Notification (<a href="/wiki/Return_receipt" title="Return receipt">return receipts</a>) in March 2021 as RFC 9007.<sup id="cite_ref-rfc8887_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfc8887-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rfc9007_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfc9007-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other ongoing JMAP drafts at IETF are for dealing with calendars, contacts, tasks, and <a href="/wiki/Sieve_(mail_filtering_language)" title="Sieve (mail filtering language)">Sieve</a> mail filtering. <sup id="cite_ref-jmap-status_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jmap-status-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The working group originally set milestones for these to be finalised by the end of 2020;<sup id="cite_ref-jmap-wg-about_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jmap-wg-about-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as of November 2023, two further JMAP extensions have been submitted to the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Steering_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet Engineering Steering Group">IESG</a> as proposed standards: blob management (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/RFC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="RFC (identifier)">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9404">9404</a>), and Quotas (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/RFC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="RFC (identifier)">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9425">9425</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Implementations">Implementations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=JSON_Meta_Application_Protocol&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Implementations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>As of version 3.8.1 <a href="/wiki/The_Apache_Software_Foundation" title="The Apache Software Foundation">Apache Software Foundation</a>’s free mail-server <a href="/wiki/Apache_James" title="Apache James">Apache James</a> has "experimental" support for JMAP.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The OpenPaas collaboration platform provides a webmail implementation supporting James and JMAP.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyrus_IMAP_server" title="Cyrus IMAP server">Cyrus IMAP</a> provisionally supports the JMAP protocol standards as of version 3.8.3, released in May 2024, when built with this functionality.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mailtemi is a JMAP/MS Graph/IMAP email app for iOS and Android. It supports multiple email accounts, contacts, and calendars.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ltt.rs is a proof of concept email client for Android that supports only JMAP.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Stalwart JMAP server is a scalable open-source JMAP server written in Rust with full JMAP Core, JMAP Mail, JMAP over WebSocket at IMAP4rev2 support.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=JSON_Meta_Application_Protocol&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_email_clients" title="Comparison of email clients">Comparison of email clients</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_mail_servers" title="Comparison of mail servers">Comparison of mail servers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fastmail" title="Fastmail">Fastmail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IMAP" class="mw-redirect" title="IMAP">IMAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mail_server_software" title="List of mail server software">List of mail server software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol" title="Post Office Protocol">Post Office Protocol</a> (POP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Push-IMAP" title="Push-IMAP">Push-IMAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simple_Mail_Access_Protocol" title="Simple Mail Access Protocol">Simple Mail Access Protocol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol" title="Simple Mail Transfer Protocol">Simple Mail Transfer Protocol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webmail" title="Webmail">Webmail</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=JSON_Meta_Application_Protocol&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-jmap-io-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-jmap-io_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jmap-io_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jmap.io/">"JSON Meta Application Protocol Specification (JMAP)"</a>. <i>jmap.io</i>. <a href="/wiki/Fastmail" title="Fastmail">Fastmail</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Newman (July 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8620"><i>The JSON Meta Application Protocol (JMAP)</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/IETF" class="mw-redirect" title="IETF">IETF</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC8620">10.17487/RFC8620</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8620">8620</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+JSON+Meta+Application+Protocol+%28JMAP%29&rft.pub=IETF&rft.date=2019-07&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC8620&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=N.+Jenkins&rft.au=C.+Newman&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc8620&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJSON+Meta+Application+Protocol" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Proposed Standard.</i> Updated by <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222">RFC <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9404">9404</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9670">9670</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rfc8621-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rfc8621_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFN._JenkinsC._Newman2019" class="citation cs1">N. 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