Re: [Evolution] Chance of Corruption?

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2018-07-26 at 19:36 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote:
> On Thu, 2018-07-26 at 12:07 -0500, Christopher Marlow wrote:
> > I just had to completely power off my computer. KDE completly froze.
> >
> > All I did was open Firefox and went to my banking site and the clock in
> > the upper right hand corner stopped at 11:55:00 AM
> >
> > I finally had to reach up and hit the power button. Not even CTRL ALT
> > BACKSPACE was working. 
> >
> > Evo was open during the time, but wasn't downloading any email at the
> > time.
> >
> > Do I have to worry about any corruptions to emails previously
> > downloaded and saved away in folders?
>
> The answer is the same as for any other data, whether that's image
> files, browser bookmarks, or whatever: Could be.
>
> The question is not Evolution-specific so it could be brought up in an
> internet forum instead, such as
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/487608/does-hard-reboot-damage-my-ubuntu

Quite. I'd just add that if you use IMAP rather than POP this isn't
even an issue. Just saying.

poc