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There's an old saying "when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." A saying that often fits those enamored of HTTP tools....

Why do we have Spanish? Or English? Or any other language? Can't it all be said in one?

Similarly there are some things that get handled in one protocol that can't be as readily executed in others. Yes, you could do mail using HTTP transactions, but then you'd have to add all the layers that make up IMAP and SMTP actions. Wheel, meet your reinvention.



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