Re: [CentOS] Fetchmail question

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Davy Leon davy@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 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.