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’s the point of the feature though. POP3 moves emails, it’s really a transfer protocol rather than an access protocol.
I assume Google is killing it since they assume they’re effectively in-charge of email outside of things like company Outlook accounts. They’ve got no need to worry about people migrating to gmail, since everybody starts out on it now.
It sounds remarkably janky, and a bit of an unusual edge case. Why would someone need this specific pattern?
Eventually this is the sort of thing that isn’t worth supporting.
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.
That’s the point of the feature though. POP3 moves emails, it’s really a transfer protocol rather than an access protocol.
I assume Google is killing it since they assume they’re effectively in-charge of email outside of things like company Outlook accounts. They’ve got no need to worry about people migrating to gmail, since everybody starts out on it now.