dovecot - Mar 2022 - Does disabling POP3 just mean removing it from the `protocols` list?

Hi all,

Hopefully a simple question.  If I want to disable POP3 support (because 
everyone is using IMAP anyway), it is just a matter of removing `pop3` 
from the `protocols` setting in dovecot.conf?

Are there side effects or other considerations I should be aware of?

Thanks,

Sean
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The only modern reason I can think of to continue to support POP3 is 
that gmail's email fetch feature only works over POP3, so if you want 
people to be able to import their email from your server to gmail or 
google workspace then you should probably continue to support POP3.


Peter


On 2/03/22 10:54 am, Sean McBride wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Hopefully a simple question. If I want to disable POP3 support (because 
> everyone is using IMAP anyway), it is just a matter of removing |pop3| 
> from the |protocols| setting in dovecot.conf?
> 
> Are there side effects or other considerations I should be aware of?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sean
>