[Dovecot] IMAP connection timeout value?

[Timo Sirainen]

On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 10:50 +0530, Sherin George wrote:

> "To alleviate this, a server may implement an inactivity timeout,

"may"

> unilaterally closing a session (after first sending an untagged BYE,
> as noted above). Some server operators have reported dramatic
> improvements in server performance after doing this. As specified in
> [RFC-2060], if such a timeout is done it must not be until at least 30
> minutes of inactivity. 

"at least 30 minutes"

> So, shouldn't an imap server like dovevot be configured with 30 minutes timeout.

Dovecot has 30 minutes timeout everywhere except in IDLE. It used to do
it also with IDLE, but this broke many widely used clients (Outlook,
Thunderbird and (some versions or a plugin of) Mail.app).