[Dovecot] Mobile phone client detects 'PUSH' server

[Thomas Leuxner]

Am 22.08.2010 um 11:31 schrieb Ron Leach:

> Does Dovecot really provide a 'PUSH' email service?  The mobile phone client (standard with SonyEricsson C510, in this case) reported that the server (our Dovecot installation) offered PUSH email service.  I hadn't seen that in the documentation that I'd read and had understood the client-server protocol to be a client-PULL service, in that the clients decide which folders to retrieve, and check what messages there are and fetch any new messages.  The clients we've used so far have settings for frequency of these checks.

Dovecot supports 'IMAP IDLE' for quite some time. Given the fact the mobile client can handle this (few can), the client will be notified immediately. Searching for IMAP IDLE on the list will reveal more information.

Regards
Thomas