Can Dovecot replace fetchmail?

[Andrzej A. Filip]

Peter Chiochetti <pch at myzel.net> wrote:
> Am 2017-07-13 um 09:34 schrieb Kenneth Porter:
>> I'm using fetchmail to grab mail for multiple accounts from an
>> external IMAP server and drop it into local mailboxes via SMTP. It
>> polls the remote server every two minutes. Can Dovecot replace this
>> functionality more elegantly, using IDLE to avoid the polling
>> necessary with fetchmail? I'd like to designate that mail for
>> specific accounts on the external server be moved to specific local
>> mailboxes.
>
> Just in case: fetchmail can /idle/ on an IMAP server as well, though
> with multiple accounts that needs some tuning, see
> eg. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1021699 or
> http://fnxweb.com/blog/2012/07/14/using-multiple-fetchmail-instances-for-instant-gratification/

fetchmail 6.3.4 supports option for pid-file location.
It simplifies the configuration.

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A. Filip