[Dovecot] what exactly does outlook-idle workaround?

[Timo Sirainen]

On 13.10.2004, at 18:36, Jonathan Salomon wrote:

> Can anyone tell me what the 'client_workarounds = outlook-idle' 
> directive
> exactly does? I have enabled it in my /etc/dovecot.conf, but the 
> problem
> that I think it should solve still exsits. That is that after being 
> IDLE
> for more than half an hour Dovecot will disconnect Outlook but Outlook
> never connects back. Therefore users receive new mail, but they don't 
> get
> notified unless they press send/receive.
>
> So what does the workaround do? And how can I solve the problem?

http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2004-October/004899.html

What Dovecot version are you using? I thought it was working, but I 
guess I might have broken it at some point.
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