D'oh... Sorry about that... I was quickly reading through the post. My
foot so easily fits into my mouth I sometimes forget its there :)
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Brian Mathis wrote:
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On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Scot P. Floess <sfloess@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Brian Mathis wrote:
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On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Davy Leon <davy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Mathis" <brian.mathis@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: Fetchmail question
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 which 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.
Actually I'm using POP3, but just looking for improvements in speed.
Plus,
fetchmail doesn't allow fetch more than one account at a time, and it's
kind slow in the secure handshaking. There is another package should I
"explore" using it to improve speed?
Thanks for your answer
David
You could probably make different fetchmailrc files for each account
you have, and then use the "-f" option to read each separate file.
Then launch multiple fetchmail processes for each account. That would
allow you to fetch multiple accounts at once.
As for gaining additional speed, it sounds like you may be using the
wrong solution to accomplish something that you have not yet
explained. High speed is typically not the main goal of email in
general.
You can definitely use the -f option to fetchmail. But the neat thing is,
you can supply multiple accounts - and multiple local users. For me I
supply 2 different pop servers and one local user - works great.
Scot P. Floess
Scott,
You may notice that in the OPs 1st reply that the requirement is to
retrieve multiple accounts *at the same time* to increase speed.
AFAIK, if you use 1 file with fetchmail it will retrieve messages
sequentially from each account.
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