Re: getmail slow with gmail POP3

On Tue, Nov 01, 2022 at 07:19:24PM +0200, Viacheslav Chimishuk wrote:
> Hi, Francesco.
> 
> How many total messages do you have in the box?
> 
> On 01.11.2022 13:53, Francesco Ariis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >     in the last few days I have noticed that getmail (debian stable) takes
> > a long time (minutes) / gets stuck when I check a gmail account. When I
> > --trace, I get this
> >
> >     _connect() [_retrieverbases.py:465] establishing POP3 SSL connection to pop.gmail.com:995
> >     # stuck here, then a flurry of msgid/timestamp
> >
> > Did anyone else notice this or is it just me?
> > —f
> >

My guess is that you are using getmail6 and not getmail.  Getmail6 
is a hostile fork of getmail and not supported by this list.  I don't 
know how to find support for getmail6.  Good luck with that.  Perhaps 
someone else can tell you.

Regards,
Don MacDougall