[Dovecot] meaning of parameter imap_idle_notify_interval??

[Timo Sirainen]

On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 21:28 +0200, Ingo Thierack wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> is my understanding of the parameter "imap_idle_notify_interval" right,
> if i say,
> it's the time between two point where dovecot tells the client he is
> here, and
> sould have nothing directly todo with the notification of new mails arrived.

Right.

> I played with the values around. And the courios is, in thunderbird the
> folloing.
> 
> set to 30 seconds.
> 
> Thunderbird pop up around 25 seconds after the message is deliverd to
> the inbox.
> 
> set to 60 seconds.
> 
> Thunderbird pup up around 50 seconds after the message is deliverd to
> the inbox.

I don't see how that setting would affect either of these.

Did you build Dovecot with inotify/dnotify/kqueue support? (What does
dovecot --build-options show?) If not, mailbox_idle_check_interval is
what controls how often new mails are checked.
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