Charles Marcus wrote: >> Hmm, seems yes. Osx Leopard built in Mail application have now the >> IDLE check box. Does it mean, that now need to use the classic "check >> for new mail after xx minute" at all? Btw, seems in Thunderbird this >> imap push works well. > > Isn't one downside to IDLE that only the current selected folder works? > > Ie, if you are in a folder other than Inbox, you wouldn't get IDLE > notifications of anything in the Inbox until you selected that folder?
That's why imap push is usually tied to NOTFY[1], QRESYNC[2], and CONDSTORE[3] support in addition to IDLE. Sadly 2 of them are just in draft status so there's not much client or server support yet. [1]<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gulbrandsen-imap-notify-07> [2]<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-lemonade-reconnect-client-06> [3]<http://www.tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4551> -- Angel Marin http://anmar.eu.org/
