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Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

It sounds remarkably janky, and a bit of an unusual edge case. Why would someone need this specific pattern?

Eventually this is the sort of thing that isn't worth supporting.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I used to do it back when gmail first started, I connected it to my previous email account so anything addressed to my old account would get transferred to my new one.

    I could probably count the number of emails it ever retrieved on one hand.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    That is still an edge case, and doesn't really address why Pop would be required.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    That's the point of the feature though. POP3 moves emails, it's really a transfer protocol rather than an access protocol.

    I assume Google is killing it since they assume they're effectively in-charge of email outside of things like company Outlook accounts. They've got no need to worry about people migrating to gmail, since everybody starts out on it now.

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