[Alpine-info] One last question before bed / and Thank ya'll!

[Chris M via Alpine-info]

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 +0200

>> 

>>> Don'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.

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!"

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.

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*

* SIDE EYES* Yes, I am looking at you YAHOO MAIL. lol. And no, I didn't 
have any event like that happen to me, but i've read about it online where 
people had access to really old mail one day, and then the next day, GONE! 
Emails PRE 1/1/2016 for instance. *GONE* *POOF!* never to be seen again.

I feel more responsibility with POP3 that its * MY JOB * and no one else's 
to remember toback my email up at the end of the day. Yes, I made a zip 
of my emails EVERYDAY at the end of the day with the title "MAIL_BACKUP_00 00 2024___08 
01 PM.zip"

I see with ALPINE it looks like all I do is back up the "pinerc" file and 
".pine-passfile" and restore them to my ~/home folder to get ALPINE back 
up and running again?

Thanks,
Chris