A good example would be where an email provider does not offer IMAP or anything other than POP. Neither do they offer email forwarding.
On Thursday, October 16, 2014 7:02:45 AM UTC-4, Seth Holmes wrote: > > On October 13, 2014 3:55:21 PM EDT, Sierra Guy <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >This has been requested for years. "Use IMAP" isn't a solution, it's > >avoidance. Pop3 is still real and still in use. As a software > >developer (not google apps) I don't see the problem. "Root your phone" > >isn't a solution. If K-9 can access its data stores as an email app, > >then why not create a simple class/function/whatever to export this > >data to a file that can be copied to a new android device and imported > >into a new k-9 installation. You already have "export settings" which > >has only worked on 2 of the 6 phones in my family. It failed "unable > >to export settings" on stock KitKat, htc and LG jellybean. > >I mean I'll put up with a broken or malfunctioning phone and only > >upgrade when forced to as k-9, the best android email app available, is > >a NIGHTMARE. > > > >So I challenge the K-9 developers to add full migrate functionality for > >the next release. Until then, I lose months of confidential email and > >seek a substandard email app. > > > >Come on, just do it. Yes, K-9 has bugs needing fixing but I'm sure 1 > >developer can be spared to write this... > > > > B. G. > > Use IMAP is a solution. I'm unclear as to why you don't want to do this. > -- > Seth H Holmes > Sent from my Nexus 7 with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
