Alessandro Vesely writes:

Their deficiencies notwithstanding (e.g. FAMPending: timeout), file systems are way more mature than DBMS. Even writing in PHP or Python at times requires to
consider the brand of the underlying database, let alone C/C++.  And DBs make
automating installation even harder than programming, IME. How much does that
state of affairs condition current development?

Well, you've made my argument for the IMAP server to be little more than a translator between IMAP and the underlying filesystem. For that task, the current state of affairs is that the IMAP server is doing a pretty good job.

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