great! FAM is a file / directory monitoring tool.... courier uses it for its IDLE implementation ... does dovecot implement IDLE by simply polling the mail directory periodically then, or use a different file monitoring tool?

MT

Chris Wakelin wrote:

I can't see what FAM has to do with it, but Dovecot certainly supports the IMAP "IDLE" command which is the standard mechanism used for the server to tell the client when new mail has arrived, as opposed to the client polling the server.

Best Wishes, Chris

Michael Tibben wrote:

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Hi,

Is there any planned support for FAM http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/ in dovecot?

One of my favourite features of Courier IMAP server is that it alerts my email client through IMAP when email has arrived.

Regards,

Mick

Cool... that makes sense thanks for the quick response!

MT

Timo Sirainen wrote:

Right. Also FAM itself uses thing called "dnotify" with Linux to notice the new mails immediately. Dovecot uses this directly instead of through FAM. Other operating systems have different mechanisms, Dovecot doesn't support those yet though. Fallback is to just check the mailbox every mailbox_idle_check_interval seconds (30 by default).

On 28.6.2005, at 11:56, Chris Wakelin wrote:

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I can't see what FAM has to do with it, but Dovecot certainly supports the IMAP "IDLE" command which is the standard mechanism used for the server to tell the client when new mail has arrived, as opposed to the client polling the server.

Best Wishes, Chris

Michael Tibben wrote:

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Hi, Is there any planned support for FAM http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/ in dovecot? One of my favourite features of Courier IMAP server is that it alerts my email client through IMAP when email has arrived. Regards, Mick

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