MBOX-Line: From rfs9999 at earthlink.net  Thu Jan 23 13:22:49 2014
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Rick Sanders <rfs9999@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:51 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] Gmail and IDLE flags changes
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	<5955E352-F7CD-4DBB-A191-F748CCD3932E@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <52E18829.40305@earthlink.net>

Is it true that Gmail does not send notification to a client which is 
idling on a mailbox?

I ran across that while testing some code that detects flag changes 
using IDLE and I was surprised that I did not get anything from Gmail.

Google searches suggest that's the case.

Thanks,
Rick

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Rick Sanders
rfs9999@earthlink.net
IMAP Tools  http://www.athensfbc.com/imap-tools

