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MBOX-Line: From brong at fastmail.fm Wed Sep 10 17:58:59 2014
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To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
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From: Bron Gondwana <brong@fastmail.fm>
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Date: Fri Jun 8 12:34:53 2018
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Subject: [Imap-protocol] Enhanced IDLE
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In-Reply-To: <5410F147.8040803@jcea.es>
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References: <5410F147.8040803@jcea.es>
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Message-ID: <1410397139.2469479.166104813.4C1E57C9@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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On Thu, Sep 11, 2014, at 10:48 AM, Jesus Cea wrote:
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> As far as I know, IDLE *ONLY* notifies changes in the selected mailbox.
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> If you want to monitor all mailboxes, you have to use NOTIFY. But
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> checking around I see references to something called "enhanced idle",
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> apparently able to notify changes in any mailbox using IDLE. For instance:
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> <http://kb.mozillazine.org/How_do_I_check_for_new_messages_in_other_folders#IMAP>
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"If you choose not to install fam, you can still use IMAP_ENHANCEDIDLE, but instead Courier IMAP will poll for changes every 60 seconds for folders opened by IMAP clients."
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> I would like to know more about that "enhanced IDLE". How to activate it
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> in Dovecot would be nice too :-p
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> I hope this is not offtopic. Thanks for your time and your help.
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So it smells to me like "enhanced idle" is just "idle which actually works". Dovecot (and Cyrus for that matter) already have that.
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I believe Thunderbird just does a STATUS on every folder in the background to get data for the other folders.
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Regards,
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Bron.
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Bron Gondwana
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brong@fastmail.fm
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