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by tinus_hn
2946 days ago
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Clearly you’ve never had to do tech support for people that inadvertently chose POP3 because in many systems it’s still the default selection, along with the default behavior of deleting mails from the server as you fetch them. What do you mean the only copy of all my mail is in some bizarro mail client specific proprietary database? Why can’t I also read my mail on my phone? I dropped my laptop in the toilet and now my mail is gone. Isn’t it on the server? Why can’t I use folders? Don’t you have backups? No, your mail is gone, because you used a protocol designed for the 90s. It’s a great idea if you have a mail account with 10mb quota and you download your mail to a fixed, reliable workstation and you don’t mind if you lose it all if the disk crashes, it doesn’t happen that often. Not hardly as often as laptops getting stolen, Windows breaking itself and phones going bust. I’m not sure why I need to have personal problems with your pet protocol to have an opinion on it, especially on one that stinks as much as POP3. It’s obsolete. |
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Because you're trying to fight people that use it.
In another comment I write how I use it. Clearly you can lose mail with IMAP too. There is a reason we do backups. Also, people not knowing how to use it or you not liking to deal with these does not make a protocol obsolete.