wasm-demo/demo/ermis-f/imap-protocol/cur/1600095085.22743.mbox:2,S

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MBOX-Line: From petite_abeille at mac.com Fri Mar 23 13:36:31 2012
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: PA <petite_abeille@mac.com>
Date: Fri Jun 8 12:34:48 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] IDLE + inbox file
In-Reply-To: <alpine.OSX.2.00.0902181047070.34559@hsinghsing.panda.com>
References: <11E08CAD-B343-4845-9C33-1DA80AFD652E@psu.edu>
<1234979693.29240.1770.camel@timo-desktop>
<alpine.OSX.2.00.0902181017110.34559@hsinghsing.panda.com>
<1234981810.29240.1785.camel@timo-desktop>
<53E653CF-EDA4-4B4B-8B1E-E1EAF6C29B36@imap.cc>
<alpine.OSX.2.00.0902181047070.34559@hsinghsing.panda.com>
Message-ID: <A9124E0E-76A1-4853-AEC6-2F7D519754B7@mac.com>
(rather old thread, but...)
On Feb 18, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Mark Crispin wrote:
> 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.
Is that still the current state of affair, 3 years on? IDLE being rather pointless compared to just plain polling? Or?