pop access

I am currently using my modified movemail to retrieve and filter my mail via pop3 (a bit like procmail and movemail combined) for gnus. This is ok but is slow and presents no feedback to the user under mswindows. I notice that gnus distributes pop3.el but doesn't appear to use it. I also notice that vm includes its own pop access. Is it worth trying to unify these different lisp-based access methods (and add my filtering) and squeeze some more speed in the process? What does vm-pop do that pop3 doesn't? Does anyone use pop3.el with gnus? Are there any other pop access packages? andy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- " .sigs are like your face - rarely seen by you and uglier than you think" Dr Andy Piper, Technical Architect, Parallax Solutions Ltd mail: andyp(a)parallax.co.uk web: www.parallax.co.uk/~andyp