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: > [Top post again moved to the bottom] > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Scot P. Floess <sfloess at nc.rr.com> wrote: >> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Brian Mathis wrote: >>> [Top post moved to bottom] >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Davy Leon <davy at scu.escambray.com.cu> >>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Brian Mathis" <brian.mathis at gmail.com> >>>>> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> >>>>> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:27 AM >>>>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Fetchmail question >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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 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. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Scot P. Floess 27 Lake Royale Louisburg, NC 27549 252-478-8087 (Home) 919-890-8117 (Work) Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim Architect Keros http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros