[Dovecot] My old email is not stored

[Charles Marcus]

On 2013-04-10 8:05 AM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
> normally POP3 is configured to  delete received messages after some
 > days/weeks and it is not smart to disable this becuase if you have
 > your local mailarchive and get a new computer you will receive ALL
 > your mails again

Actually, normally POP3 defaults to deleting the messages *immediately* 
after being downloaded.

POP3 is simply not designed for permanent server storage.

As has already been explained, if you want to access your email from 
multiple devices and always see them, just switch to IMAP and be done 
with it.

Playing with the POP3 settings to 'keep messages on the server' has 
always been problematic.

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Best regards,

Charles