Re: [fetchmail-users] reasonable poll intervals

[Uli Z. <ul...@ri...>]

Am 13.07.2006 um 13:38 schrieb Matthias Andree:

> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Uli Zappe wrote:
>> Not necessarily. You could make SMTP switch to forwarding mail to  
>> the server's POP spool as soon as the recipient's own machine  
>> cannot be reached via SMTP.
> Only with fixed IP, else you risk hijacked messages.

Agreed, a fixed IP is required.

> And for that purpose (fixed IP), ETRN (which is already supported)  
> can do the job without using POP3 or similar.

Not really. At least for me, a typical situation is that I want  
access to my new mails on my laptop (via POP3, leaving the mails on  
the sever) while I'm away from home and my desktop machine is down.  
When I return home, all the mails should be transferred to my desktop  
machine and deleted from the sever.

I think this is a typical situation for many users, and it can't be  
solved by ETRN.

             Bye
                     Uli
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