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MBOX-Line: From mrc+imap at panda.com Mon Oct 4 17:56:48 2010
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To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
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From: Mark Crispin <mrc+imap@panda.com>
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Date: Fri Jun 8 12:34:45 2018
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Subject: [Imap-protocol] Fwd: iOS IMAP IDLE (Standard "Push Email")
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Deficiency, Explanation?
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In-Reply-To: <4CAA7379.3070307@aol.com>
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References: <352410DE-19D8-4EE4-8741-AB82741D7A18@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com>
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<4CAA0F5C.7030009@lists.grepular.com>
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<alpine.OSX.2.00.1010041034520.392@hsinghsing.panda.com>
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<7D32DBF6-2ECC-4854-85A8-84261D828ED2@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com>
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<11166.1286223088.054596@puncture>
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<alpine.OSX.2.00.1010041338040.392@hsinghsing.panda.com>
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<4CAA7379.3070307@aol.com>
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Message-ID: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1010041749370.392@hsinghsing.panda.com>
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On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, John Snow wrote:
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>> There is no reason for any desktop client to use IDLE, and negligible
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>> reason for a laptop client to do so.
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> I'm surprised to hear you say that. IDLE gives me instant notification of
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> new mail. Anything else relies on the client to poll periodically. That's
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> definitely less than instant. Is there a better way?
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That assumes that the IMAP server notifies instantly, instead of polling
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internally at a fixed interval. This, in turn, assumes some form of
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message passing between the MDA and the IMAP server.
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I find it remarkable that anyone can get bent out of shape because it may
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take as much as a minute or two to be notified about a newly arrived
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email; particularly as it may have taken some ungodly amount of time for
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the message to have travelled from the senders MSA and the recipient's
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MDA.
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We have a perfectly good facility called instant messaging for real-time
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communication.
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-- Mark --
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http://panda.com/mrc
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Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for lunch.
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Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
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