Connection closed (IDLE running for 0.001 + waiting input for

[Sean Greenslade]

On July 11, 2018 2:08:00 PM PDT, Sophie Loewenthal <sophie at klunky.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>Just noticed an Android email client called K9 Mail is producing these 
>entries in a server's dovecot log:
>
>Jul 11 21:03:28 mx1 dovecot: imap(me at example.org): Connection closed 
>(IDLE running for 0.001 + waiting input for 1728.597 secs, 2 B in +
>10+0 
>B out, state=wait-input) in=353 out=2154
>Jul 11 21:03:31 mx1 dovecot: imap(me at example.org): Connection closed 
>(IDLE running for 0.001 + waiting input for 1731.069 secs, 2 B in +
>10+0 
>B out, state=wait-input) in=389 out=1910
>
>I cannot find out what this means after googling.  Any ideas?
>
>
>
>Best wishes,
>Sophie

K-9 uses IDLE connections to allow instant notifications upon mail receipt (akin to "push notifications" but without the need for cell carrier-specific mechanisms).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP_IDLE

Nothing to worry about.

--Sean