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