[Dovecot] Dovecot push imap/imap notify support?

[Angel Marin]

Charles Marcus wrote:
>> Hmm, seems yes. Osx Leopard built in Mail application have now the
>> IDLE check box. Does it mean, that now need to use  the classic "check
>> for new mail after  xx minute" at all? Btw, seems in Thunderbird this
>> imap push works well.
> 
> Isn't one downside to IDLE that only the current selected folder works?
> 
> Ie, if you are in a folder other than Inbox, you wouldn't get IDLE
> notifications of anything in the Inbox until you selected that folder?

That's why imap push is usually tied to NOTFY[1], QRESYNC[2], and
CONDSTORE[3] support in addition to IDLE. Sadly 2 of them are just in
draft status so there's not much client or server support yet.

[1]<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gulbrandsen-imap-notify-07>
[2]<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-lemonade-reconnect-client-06>
[3]<http://www.tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4551>
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