[imp] IMP Slow on POP3

[Luis Galan]

> 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.
I don't understand why. Like in older versions of imp, every message
have an "id", you only have to do RETR "id" and the get the message.
imp  seems to get all the mailbox and then shows the message that you
want to see.

> You must have been using IMAP then.
No. I used POP3
 
Luis.
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