[imp] IMP Slow on POP3

[Luis Galan]

Hello!

I found something!
"imap_sort" php function is who slows all the process.

When it is in pop3 mode it retrieves all the complete messages instead
of get the header message.

Anyone has any function that resolves this problem?

Luis.


El vie, 23-04-2004 a las 19:15, Michael M Slusarz escribió:
> Quoting Luis Galan <imp at es.clara.net>:
> 
> >> 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.
> 
> Because the older version of IMP wasn't so smart.  IMP 3 *needs* to know the
> structure of the entire mailbox because things may have changed while reading
> the current message (i.e. messages may have been deleted/added to the 
> mailbox).
>   The older versions of IMP would completely ignore these changes, so that is
> why you could suddenly find yourself pushed back to the INBOX, even though
> there were 5-6 messages unread at the end of the message you just 
> viewed.  That
> is not a very intuitive interface (i.e. the arrow keys in the message screen
> are not performing the way you expect them to).
> 
> So you may consider IMP 3 "more inefficient", but I see it as IMP 2 was 
> "buggy".
> 
> It all boils down to the fact that POP3 is *NOT* a good way to remotely read
> email, especially through a webmail system.
> 
> michael
> 
> ______________________________________________
> Michael Slusarz [slusarz at bigworm.colorado.edu]
> The University of Colorado at Boulder
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