[Dovecot] IMAP push

[Dennis Guhl]

On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 03:57:23PM +0200, Robert Schetterer wrote:

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> >> On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 03:53:29PM +0530, Janantha Marasinghe wrote:
> >>> Im running dovecot v2 and want to know if it supports IMAP push
> >>> capabilities.

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> imap push means something like imap lemonade

No, the LEMONADE profile (RFC 4550) is a set of extensions for IMAP.
The focus is on saving bandwith and CPU while working with email on
mobile devices and similar limited items. For this it describes how to
handle email without the need to completely download it for replying
or forwarding. There is nothing about push mail. Howerver IDLE is
mentioned as an additionally extension which must be supportet.

If you take a look on the website, you will see the push functionality
is only a reference to IMAP IDLE as in RFC 2177.

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> on android use k9 mail as best imap solution ( no need for z-push etc )
> dont know about good alternative imap clients vor iphone or blackberry

I don't know about iPhones IMAP client but the default IMAP client for
Blackberries is very good -- even better then K9, which I use on my
Android.

Dennis