Hi, Is there any simple explanation on how to enable and verify push notifications on dovecot 2.4.5. I am using eM Client on IOS and it uses push notification, but it does not receives any notification about new emails. I assume by default push notifications is not enabled. Any information appreciated.
Regards, Horst
- horst.simon2--- via dovecot:
Is there any simple explanation on how to enable and verify push notifications on dovecot 2.4.5.
I assume you are talking about IMAP access. To my knowledge there should be no need to actively enable anything on the Dovecot side, beyond IMAP itself.
I am using eM Client on IOS and it uses push notification, but it does not receives any notification about new emails. I assume by default push notifications is not enabled.
I don't know eM Client's specifics, but it is usually the client side (i.e. the Mail User Agent [MUA]) which request push notifications. That's where I would suggest you look for configuration options. As far as verifying push notifications is concerned: Thunderbird and iOS Mail both support the feature, which should provide other avenues to test things.
-Ralph
On 17/09/2026 08:28 EEST horst.simon2--- via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
Hi, Is there any simple explanation on how to enable and verify push notifications on dovecot 2.4.5. I am using eM Client on IOS and it uses push notification, but it does not receives any notification about new emails. I assume by default push notifications is not enabled. Any information appreciated.
Regards, Horst
See https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.5/core/plugins/push_notification.html#push-notif...
Basically you need to setup & configure a suitable plugin for this.
Not to be confused with IMAP IDLE, where you can sit around for notifications for new emails.
Aki
- Aki Tuomi via dovecot:
Basically you need to setup & configure a suitable plugin for this.
Not to be confused with IMAP IDLE, where you can sit around for notifications for new emails.
I guess this implies that Apple's iOS Mail and Thunderbird are relying on IDLE alone, given that I have not enabled the 'push_notification' plugin? Interesting.
-Ralph
On 17/09/2026 11:40 EEST Ralph Seichter via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
- Aki Tuomi via dovecot:
Basically you need to setup & configure a suitable plugin for this.
Not to be confused with IMAP IDLE, where you can sit around for notifications for new emails.
I guess this implies that Apple's iOS Mail and Thunderbird are relying on IDLE alone, given that I have not enabled the 'push_notification' plugin? Interesting.
-Ralph
Thunderbird likely is. Apple could also just be doing background polling, and you'd never notice the difference unless you time it.
Aki
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