[Dovecot] Not getting new mail notification

[Charles Marcus]

> However the existing protocol pretty much already makes it possible: 
> Whenever a mailbox changes, send a STATUS reply to client containing the 
> changes (messages/unread/etc. counters). This is what the clients want 
> to know anyway. I don't know if any clients actually support this, 
> probably not. No servers support this either, although I was thinking 
> about adding support for it once my mailbox list index is working.

Interesting - Dovecot would then be even *further* out on the cutting 
edge... :)

When you say 'the existing protocol', do you mean the 
IDLE/ENHANCED_IDLE' protocol?

I think it would be great for Dovecot to support this - then it would 
simply (sic) be a matter of getting the mail clients (Thunderbird, etc) 
to support it...

Any idea how much work *that* might be? Obviously, the simpler, the more 
chance of getting the devs to implement it.

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Best regards,

Charles