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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Tue Apr 04 2017 00:02:21 GMT-0400
(Eastern Standard Time), Paul D. Fernhout
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pdfernhout@kurtz-fernhout.com"><pdfernhout@kurtz-fernhout.com></a> wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Your point on risk management makes a lot of sense. That's why I
suggested a possibility of having a new Thunderbird that could run
alongside the existing one and share the same files while offering a
different UI.</pre>
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First, such a possibility already exists - if you are using IMAP.<br>
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But connecting some brand new client, in beta, alpha, or even pre
alpha stages of development? This presents a very large risk to your
precious data, one that I would never be willing to accept, and if
anyone did, the PR backlash could be devastating when their X years
worth of precious emails were nuked by some bad code.<br>
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