Bug 22

Summary:	Request for support of the IMAP IDLE feature
Product:	Sylpheed-Claws (GTK1)	Reporter:	Kerin Millar <kerin>
Component:	Folders/IMAP	Assignee:	sylpheed-claws-users
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	kerin
Priority:	P1
Version:	0.8.8
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	704

Description Kerin Millar 2003-01-15 06:13:14 UTC

Hi,

I'm running a courier-imap server with support for FAM and the IDLE extension. I
noticed that Sylpheed-Claws does not seem to make any use of this extension.
Would any of the developers consider adding this feature at some point as it
seems quite useful - particularly in so far as it allows for immediate
notification of new mail (without polling) as well as other changes to the mail
folders.

Comment 1 Christoph Hohmann 2003-01-18 11:00:44 UTC

It will not be easy to do this, because as far as i know, IMAP does not check
for server messages when it does not send a command itself. Can you give some
information on this extension? The best probably would be an RFC.

Comment 2 Kerin Millar 2003-01-18 15:32:37 UTC

Thanks for the prompt reply. The IDLE functionality is fully described by RFC 
2177 I believe. I'm running the new courier-imap and Outlook Express works 
like a charm with the IDLE functionality. Unfortunately, most Unix clients do 
not including Kmail and Mozilla. 
 
For some very useful info see: http://www.courier-mta.org/imapd.html 
 
I tried the example given using several concurrent telnet sessions on the IMAP 
port. It does seem relatively simple.

Comment 3 Colin Leroy 2005-06-26 00:25:53 UTC

maybe it'll happen when moving imap to libetpan.