[Dovecot] checking all folders for new mail (IMAP STATUS command)

Florian Effenberger floeff at gmail.com
Tue Dec 29 14:40:17 EET 2009


Hi Charles,

>> I guess that requires recompilation of the package?
>
> I don't think so, but maybe the old 1.0rc15 only supported dnotify?
>
> Anyway, inotify/dnotify is not part of dovecot, it is part of the linux
> kernel (2.6.13+) - dovecot only makes USE of it, so it will work with
> either.
>
> So, it depends on which is enabled on your kernel/system.

ok, thanks for the insight! I guess it's really the best choice to
just update to a recent system and see if things work. ;-)

Thanks a lot, your help is really appreciated!
Florian


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