On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Davy Leon <davy at scu.escambray.com.cu> 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 > DavidNot 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.
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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091218/7d77ef98/attachment.html>
On Fri, December 18, 2009 10:29 am, Davy Leon 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__________________ POP3 is the way to go for this situation. Its also a bit easier to use than IMAP. Bo Lynch
Davy Leon 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centosI know I'm avoiding the direct question, but I use getmail to retrieve mail from a pop3 account and run it through procmail to distribute it to local imap folders. I'm not sure how well it works for multiple accounts, as I only use it for one account. It's been a while since I've set it up, so I don't remember too many details. Perhaps check it out if you feel you need an alternative to fetchmail, and if you need any help, I can go back and see how it's set up. -Brian