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Re: No smarter way than fetching every 5min ?
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Andreas Rottmann |
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Re: No smarter way than fetching every 5min ? |
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Tue, 04 Jan 2005 15:10:17 GMT |
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Francis Litterio <see@signature.for.email.address> writes:
> François Fleuret wrote:
>
>> But I suddenly start to wonder ... There is no smarter way to do that
>> ? Like for instance fetchmail keeping a live connection to the server
>> and getting a notice when new mail arrives ? I have the feeling it has
>> to be possible ...
>
> I suspect that configuring fetchmail to check for mail every 30 seconds
> would appear very similar to such a "server push" mechanism.
>
Well, don't know if your ISP/mail hoster will be delighted if every
user does this ;)
Cheers, Rotty
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