Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot push imap/imap notify support?
Mart Pirita <sysadmin@e-positive.ee> wrote:
Tried search, no luck, does the Dovecot include push imap/imap notify support?
If you're looking for something iPhone-compatible, then "no." Theirs is a proprietary system which from what I've read, seems to use SMS in combination with IMAP. Wacky.
(If you aren't talking about iPhone compatibility, I'm less knowledgeable, but dovecot does support IDLE-style "imap push" style notification.)
Alan Ferrency
Tere.
If you're looking for something iPhone-compatible, then "no." Theirs is a proprietary system which from what I've read, seems to use SMS in combination with IMAP. Wacky.
Yep, thats wacky.
(If you aren't talking about iPhone compatibility, I'm less knowledgeable, but dovecot does support IDLE-style "imap push" style notification.)
Hmm, seems yes. Osx Leopard built in Mail application have now the IDLE check box. Does it mean, that now need to use the classic "check for new mail after xx minute" at all? Btw, seems in Thunderbird this imap push works well.
-- Mart
Hmm, seems yes. Osx Leopard built in Mail application have now the IDLE check box. Does it mean, that now need to use the classic "check for new mail after xx minute" at all? Btw, seems in Thunderbird this imap push works well.
Isn't one downside to IDLE that only the current selected folder works?
Ie, if you are in a folder other than Inbox, you wouldn't get IDLE notifications of anything in the Inbox until you selected that folder?
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Best regards,
Charles
Charles Marcus wrote:
Hmm, seems yes. Osx Leopard built in Mail application have now the IDLE check box. Does it mean, that now need to use the classic "check for new mail after xx minute" at all? Btw, seems in Thunderbird this imap push works well.
Isn't one downside to IDLE that only the current selected folder works?
Ie, if you are in a folder other than Inbox, you wouldn't get IDLE notifications of anything in the Inbox until you selected that folder?
That's why imap push is usually tied to NOTFY[1], QRESYNC[2], and CONDSTORE[3] support in addition to IDLE. Sadly 2 of them are just in draft status so there's not much client or server support yet.
[1]<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gulbrandsen-imap-notify-07> [2]<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-lemonade-reconnect-client-06> [3]<http://www.tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4551>
Angel Marin http://anmar.eu.org/
At 2:26 PM -0400 10/31/07, Charles Marcus wrote:
Hmm, seems yes. Osx Leopard built in Mail application have now the IDLE check box. Does it mean, that now need to use the classic "check for new mail after xx minute" at all? Btw, seems in Thunderbird this imap push works well.
Isn't one downside to IDLE that only the current selected folder works?
yes
Ie, if you are in a folder other than Inbox, you wouldn't get IDLE
A common approach for clients using IDLE as a push alternative is to open multiple connections, running an IDLE in each mailbox.
For example, I currently have ChatterEmail running on my Treo with 5 open connections to my Dovecot server, one for each of 5 folders.
Bill Cole
bill@scconsult.com
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Alan Ferrency
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Angel Marin
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Bill Cole
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Charles Marcus
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Mart Pirita