On 2024-06-06 20:27, Chris M via Alpine-info wrote:
On Thu, 6 Jun 2024, Carlos E. R. via Alpine-info wrote:On 2024-06-06 19:52, Steve Litt via Alpine-info wrote:Carlos E. R. via Alpine-info said on Thu, 6 Jun 2024 13:24:19 +0200Don't. Seriously, do not use pop3.Why not? I don't mean my question as a challenge, and my fetchmail fetches from IMAP already. I'm just curious what is bad about POP3.I do not see any reason to use ancient pop3. Anything can be done using imap, which was designed to solve previous caveats.Well, that's kinda hard when you're a " PACKRAT" and keep just about EVERYTHING sent to you / and sent by you. I am only using IMAP due to being forced to by ALPINE. I couldn't get a POP3 connect to set up and work with ALPINE.
Well, I used pop3 with Alpine for a decade. We told you: fetchmail(pop3) + procmail → alpine
I've been a POP user for years. IDK if you know the English saying we have here in America, but, " If it aint broke, DON'T fix it!"
According to some devs, pop3 is broken from the start :-p
POP just works everytime I reset my client back up from a backup. weather it be Evolution, or Claws, or KMAIL here in TDE etc.I like POP for the fact: It works as soon as you set your client back up I feel my data is more private with POP3.
Wow!
I feel like the data is in my possession and is only FOR ME to manipulate and not for some email provider to go one day " Eh, I don't think they need those emails from 2016 anymore * MASS DELETE*
You can do the same with imap:
fetchmail(imap) + procmail → alpine
or
alpine + filtering → local folders.
or
any mail client + filtering → local folders.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 15.5 x86_64 at Telcontar)
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