[imp] Re: IMP connects twice to POP server

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Carlton Thomas <carlton@gifford.co.uk>:

> The downside of this mod, is that IMP is less responsive, since it has
> to delay for 2 seconds before every access to the POP server. Talking
> of access to the POP server, wow!!!, why does IMP need to talk to the
> server so often?

Because PHP has no provision for persistant connections to POP and IMAP 
servers, so we need to reconnect on every page load in which we need to do 
something. This has been discussed in depth on the list in the past, 
several times... 

-chuck

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