[imp] IMP Slow on POP3

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Luis Galan <imp at es.clara.net>:

> Hello!
>
> I have installed horde/imp (2.2.4/3.2.2) and the login is very slow.
> I have been configured imp to access a POP3 server.
>
> I noticed that every time I see a message, imp fetches all the entire
> mailbox (does RETR X for every message in the mailbox), when I only want
> to see one message from the mailbox.
> It is very ineficient (is it a bug?), and when the mailbox is getting
> bigger, the time necessary to see a message grows up.

You need to read the POP3 RFC.  This is exactly how POP3 is supposed to work.
If you want more efficient remote mail management, you *MUST* use IMAP.

> With horde/imp versions 1.2.7/2.2.6 didn't happen. When I wanted to see
> a message, imp only retrieve the message required.

You must have been using IMAP then.

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at bigworm.colorado.edu]
The University of Colorado at Boulder