On Sat, Sep 03, 2022 at 05:35:31PM -0500, x...@trimaso.com.mx wrote: > What's the current panorama for POP3 nowadays? Is it still used or is it > dying? I heard Yahoo dropped POP3 support since years ago, except for paid > users... > > Thanks again.
I don't think POP will go away entirely. I can't imagine dovecot removing support for it. The entities that would want to abandon POP are ones like Yahoo/Gmail/Microsoft who store their users' emails. I have a mail server on a little VM that some family members use. I wouldn't want to store their emails indefinitely, or be responsible for backups, so they all connect via POP to fetch mail, which they delete a week or two later (to give multiple devices a chance to see everything), and they handle their own backups. But I suppose it could disappear from big mail providers. When there are choices, they can pick a favourite and make a choice on behalf of their users rather than letting their users make their own choices. But this is speculation. I don't really know. cheers, raf
