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From: Dave Cridland <dave@cridland.net>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:45 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] Fwd: iOS IMAP IDLE (Standard "Push Email")
	Deficiency, Explanation?
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On Tue Oct  5 12:51:24 2010, Tony Finch wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Oct 2010, Dave Cridland wrote:
> >
> > On shiny but castrated smartphones, though, a developer must buy  
> in
> > (technically at least, financially I don't know) into a  
> proprietary
> > unified push system. Which, rumour has it, runs over XMPP, using a
> > persistent TCP connection...
> 
> It certainly uses the standard XMPP port 5223:
> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3576

That's a special definition of "standard" as "formally deprecated in  
2003", of course. (See XEP-0035).

This cutting-edge technology of Apple's is marvellous, isn't it?

Dave.
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