MBOX-Line: From snowjn at aol.com  Mon Oct  4 17:38:17 2010
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: John Snow <snowjn@aol.com>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:45 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] Fwd: iOS IMAP IDLE (Standard "Push
	Email")	Deficiency, Explanation?
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Mark Crispin wrote:
>
> There is no reason for any desktop client to use IDLE, and negligible
> reason for a laptop client to do so. 
> -- Mark --
>

I'm surprised to hear you say that.  IDLE gives me instant notification of
new mail. Anything else relies on the client to poll periodically.  That's
definitely less than instant.   Is there a better way? 

snow.
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