Re: oauth2 support for Emacs email clients

[Richard Stallman]

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  > DavMail is a good fallback, but from a Free Software perspective it's
  > also helpful to use/test/mention the native IMAP/SMTP support in Emacs.
  > DavMail speaks a proprietary protocol to the email server.

I'd like to make sure there is no miscommunication here.
Could you explain what you mean when you say it is "proprietary"?

Is DevMail free software?  Does it implement that protocol with free
software?


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