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From: PA <petite_abeille@mac.com>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:48 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] IDLE + inbox file
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(rather old thread, but...)

On Feb 18, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Mark Crispin wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, David Rauschenbach wrote:
>> In a similar vein, our mobile gateway issues a fake EXISTS at around the 
>> 2-minute mark, to keep the mobile operator networks from timing out the TCP 
>> session.
> 
> UW and Panda issue an untagged OK at the two minute point for the same 
> reason.
> 
> All of which renders IDLE pretty much pointless compared to polling.

Is that still the current state of affair, 3 years on? IDLE being rather pointless compared to just plain polling? Or?

