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A POP3 service seems like a very niche thing to want to write. Especially nowadays, with people reading their e-mail on multiple devices and wanting to keep the
by Kwpolska 4y ago
A POP3 service seems like a very niche thing to want to write. Especially nowadays, with people reading their e-mail on multiple devices and wanting to keep them in sync.
- jbverschoor 4y agoSolution: get rid of all hosted apps and use your own cloud provider (iCloud or Dropbox) to store and sync data. Better yet, there’s a server online 24/7 in your pocket which could serve as such.
- billpg 4y agoPOP3 still has widespread use as a machine-to-machine bulk email transport. If you want to switch from an old mailbox to gmail, it'll ask you to configure a POP3 client which it will poll and download messages from.
- selfhoster11 4y agoAFAIK POP3 can be used in non-destructive mode, with some effort.