Re: [fetchmail-users] reasonable poll intervals (was: Re: Rotating the log file)

[Ed W. <ew...@ew...>]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:37:51AM +0200, Uli Zappe wrote:
> Am 11.07.2006 um 11:37 schrieb Matthias Andree:
> 
> >checking new mail every 3 minutes [is] abusive
> 
> Oooops!?! How so? I use 30 seconds as poll interval. Admittedly, most  
> of the people I know that use fetchmail use something between 60 and  
> 120 seconds, but personally I don't know anyone who would use an  
> interval longer than 120 seconds.

I schedule fetchmail from cron and run it every 5 minutes during the day
and every 20 minutes overnight.  On average, I have to wait 2.5 minutes
for an email to arrive.  That's plenty fast enough.  If I'm on the
phone with somebody and know they've sent the email and I need to look
at it during the conversation, I just kick off a manual fetchmail run.

> >(if you need real-time delivery, either use IMAP with IDLE or SMTP  
> >or UUCP over TCP/IP

If you need real-time delivery, use a telephone.  I my brother emails me
a picture of his flower garden, do I really, really care if it arrives
in 30 seconds or in 5 minutes?

        .../Ed
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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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