Re: Fetchmail question

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On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Davy Leon <davy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> This question is about fetchmail running on my Centos 5.3 box.
> I need to fetch my email from different accounts living on remote servers
> and drop it on my local mailbox.
> The question is wich way is faster for fetchmail... using POP3 or IMAP?
>
> Thanks
> David

Not sure I could say which is faster, but POP3 is more simple and is
intended for what you are doing.  IMAP is meant to have all messages
stored on the server and thus supports folders and other more advanced
features.

Based on what you are trying to accomplish, I would use POP3.
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