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How OfflineIMAP works

As software engineers, we are trained to be a little distrustful of marketing copy like this: OfflineIMAP is SAFE; it uses an algorithm designed to prevent mail loss at all costs. Because of the design of this algorithm, even programming errors should not result in loss of mail. I am so confident in the algorithm […]

  • August 27, 2012