Originally published on the fuck.it blog1 Everyone has had the email. A prince, a general, a dying widow, a bank official with a dead client and no next of kin. Millions of dollars, trapped. You, a complete stranger, are the only person who can help...

Somewhere in every mail app's setup screen there's a question most people answer by guessing: IMAP or POP3? If you guessed wrong, you probably found out later. Your phone showed emails your laptop had never heard of. You deleted something on one dev...