Eric on 21 Aug 2009 07:41:10 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Slow POP3/SSL downloading from Google Mail via Fetchmail


retchmail!  ha ha ha I love the name.

I, too, shall check it out.

Michael Bevilacqua wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Michael Bevilacqua
> <michael@bevilacqua.us <mailto:michael@bevilacqua.us>> wrote:
> 
>     I currently run Fetchmail scripts to regularly archive Google Mail
>     user's email to one of my storage servers. The process runs very
>     smoothly and solidly. However, it runs very slowly. I was wondering
>     if anyone on the list has had similar experiences with Fetchmail and
>     Google and if there may be a way to speed this up a bit?  Or, should
>     I be trying out alternatives to Fetchmail like getmail or mpop?
> 
>  
> 
> And of course, moments after I sent this, I read through `apt-cache
> search fetchmail` again and see this:
> 
> 
> retchmail - Stupidly fast POP3 retriever
> 
> "Retchmail is the world's most stupidly fast POP3 retriever.  It supports
>  simultaneous POP3 and POP3S mail retrieval from multiple sites to multiple
>  mailboxes.  Retchmail is good for quick retrieval of e-mail if you do not
>  need the features of other, more comprehensive, retrievers like Fetchmail."
> 
> 
> I'll have to give this one a shot.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Michael D. Bevilacqua
> michael@bevilacqua.us <mailto:michael@bevilacqua.us>
> 
> 
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