[Dovecot] IDLE with inotify problem

Michael Guntsche mike at it-loops.com
Tue Aug 14 23:03:04 EEST 2007


On Aug 13, 2007, at 13:49, Timo Sirainen wrote:

> What IMAP client do you use? Currently Dovecot works like:
>
>  - IDLE starts
>  - if maildir changes, the new changes are reported immediately
>  - if client doesn't break from IDLE, continue..
>  - if maildir changes before maildir_idle_check_interval seconds, wait
>
> This works nicely if client breaks from IDLE, but it looks like  
> nowadays
> some clients just use multiple connections where one is always in  
> IDLE.
> So maybe I'll have to change that.
>

Hello Timo,

Just for my information, are you planning to do something about this  
special issue in 1.1 or will this happen in a later version?

Kind regards,
Michael


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