Help with IMAP IDLE

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am 21.07.19 um 14:24 schrieb Jorge Bastos via dovecot:
> Hi,

[ ... ]

> How can i make IDLE work for real with MSOutlook, so that i can receive
> emails when they arrive, instead of changing folder/get out and in my
> account?

Microsoft's Outlook is primarily meant as the client for Exchange. IMAP 
is been poorly implemented, across many generations of Outlook. So are 
you sure your Outlook even supports IMAP IDLE? And if it does, not only 
on the single folder you have a running connection to but for all folders?

> Here's my conf, should it be reflected in postconf -n (is it the running
> conf?):

Postfix has nothing to do with that, so "postconf -n" is not required.

> ==================
> 
>   
> 
> root at fastmail:/etc/dovecot# grep -ir idle *
> 
> conf.d/20-imap.conf.ucf-dist:# If nothing happens for this long while client
> is IDLEing, move the connection
> 
> conf.d/20-imap.conf.ucf-dist:# IDLEing.
> 
> conf.d/20-imap.conf.ucf-dist:#imap_idle_notify_interval = 2 mins
> 
> conf.d/20-imap.conf:imapc_max_idle_time = 1440 mins
> 
> conf.d/20-imap.conf:# IDLEing.
> 
> conf.d/20-imap.conf:#imap_idle_notify_interval = 2 mins
> 
> conf.d/20-imap.conf:imap_idle_notify_interval = 1 min
> 
> conf.d/20-imap.conf:#imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle
> 
> conf.d/10-mail.conf.ucf-dist:# When IDLE command is running, mailbox is
> checked once in a while to see if
> 
> conf.d/10-mail.conf.ucf-dist:#mailbox_idle_check_interval = 30 secs
> 
> conf.d/10-mail.conf:# When IDLE command is running, mailbox is checked once
> in a while to see if
> 
> conf.d/10-mail.conf:#mailbox_idle_check_interval = 30 secs
> 
> root at fastmail:/etc/dovecot# postconf -n|grep -i idle

"doveconf -n" would tell you which settings are effectively set.

> root at fastmail:/etc/dovecot#

Alexander