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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Can't receive mail with a POP account with Yosemite
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Date: 1 Aug 2014 15:48:57 GMT
Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2014-08-01, Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> In article <slrnltnbrd.1to1.g.kreme@amelia.local>, Lewis
><g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>
>> BTW, I would never ever ever check a pop account with beta software,
>> since you have 0 recovery options if there is a problem.
>
> I have options set to keep the message on the server for one week.

I can certainly imagine a scenario where a bug in Yosemite Mail causes
that setting to get ignored, resulting in messages being deleted from
the server in one instant! I think the point was there are legitimate
risks. : )

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