guidopythonorg guido van rossum maybe batch messages using fetchmail dont ask adding 4 seconds per message batch 50 untypical feels like real wait yeesh sounds like need something kick score entire mailbox wait second thats wanted u spare memory might get better performance case using pickle store since go disk boy ever go disk cant think anything obvious speed things loaded memory though thats profiler territory profiling exactly kind optimization said wasnt going could server mode someone described sa option guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido sat 07 sep 2002 020631 0400 spambayes ditching wordinfo