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minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI 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.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoThat is still an edge case, and doesn’t really address why Pop would be required.
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.
That is still an edge case, and doesn’t really address why Pop would be required.