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When did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?”

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So when did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?”

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Networking & Internet History & Retro Computing 2022

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Sep 25, 2022	When did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?” by signa11	157	212

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