On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 11:24:13PM -0800, Matthew Sotoudeh via Mutt-dev wrote:
+ ** Causes Mutt to timeout any socket read operation (e.g. SSL_read) after + ** this many seconds. A zero (default) or negative value causes Mutt to wait + ** indefinitely for the read to complete.
have you checked how this plays along with imap IDLE?