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MBOX-Line: From markrcrispin at panda.com Wed Feb 18 10:04:14 2009
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To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
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From: Mark Crispin <markrcrispin@panda.com>
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Date: Fri Jun 8 12:34:42 2018
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Subject: [Imap-protocol] IDLE + inbox file
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In-Reply-To: <11E08CAD-B343-4845-9C33-1DA80AFD652E@psu.edu>
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References: <11E08CAD-B343-4845-9C33-1DA80AFD652E@psu.edu>
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Message-ID: <alpine.WNT.2.00.0902181003150.4072@Shimo-Tomobiki.Panda.COM>
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On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Jonathan Siegle wrote:
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> This is the only connection to the inbox. Must a server tell the idle client
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> when new messages arrive using the RECENT flag?
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Yes.
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> Must a client issue DONE followed by some IMAP command(check/select/etc) to
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> know if new messages have arrived?
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No. Untagged EXISTS, RECENT, EXPUNGE, and FETCH (for flags) events will
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occur automatically during the IDLE. IDLE is completely pointless
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otherwise.
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-- Mark --
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http://panda.com/mrc
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Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
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Si vis pacem, para bellum.
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