MBOX-Line: From markrcrispin at panda.com  Wed Feb 18 10:47:58 2009
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Mark Crispin <markrcrispin@panda.com>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:42 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] IDLE + inbox file
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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.

-- Mark --

http://panda.com/mrc
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for lunch.
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