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When you send a message, most POP programs offer you the
opportunity to save a copy of it in a folder (usually called
something like "sent-mail"). There are advantages and
disadvantages to this. The alternative approach is to send a
"carbon copy" to yourself of any message you want to save,
and handle it as you would any other piece of incoming mail.
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Advantages
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Disadvantages
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Copy to a folder
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Automatic
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doesn't require a "mail trip"
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Folder fills up with mostly-unwanted messages
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Pro-chaos -- You can't put the
messages you DO want to save where they belong as
they are being sent (e.g., keeping BOTH sides of a
correspondence in the same folder)
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CC-ing yourself
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You can choose to save only the ones you want
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Pro-organizing -- You can save the
message in an appropriate folder when it comes back
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If you forget to do it, you lose it
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Adds a bit to the mail system's load
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Creates a delay (mail round-trip) in finishing the
job
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The disadvantages of saving outgoing mail into a folder would
be eliminated if your program would let you choose -- each
time you mail a message -- the folder to be used for saving.
Unfortunately, none of the programs currently permits this.
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