Re: Two problems with new FC3 x86_64 install

[Pawel Salek <pawsa theochem kth se>]

On 12/28/2004 11:34:50 PM, Willem Riede wrote:
> [snip]
>  If it is a Dovecot problem, yes, understood. But at this time, with   
> my  limited   domain knowledge, I don't know whether Balsa isn't  
> asking the right  question,   or Dovecot isn't giving the right  
> answer!
> This is what I see in the -D log in idle conditions:
>
> 32 OK Fetch completed.
> IMAP C: 33 NOOP
> IMAP S: 33 OK NOOP completed.
> IMAP C: 34 LIST "INBOX" "%"
> IMAP S: 34 OK List completed.
> IMAP C: 35 NOOP
> IMAP S: 35 OK NOOP completed.
> IMAP C: 36 LIST "INBOX" "%"
> IMAP S: 36 OK List completed.
> IMAP C: 37 NOOP
> IMAP S: 37 OK NOOP completed.
> IMAP C: 38 LIST "INBOX" "%"
> IMAP S: 38 OK List completed.
>
> Only "INBOX" is monitored for changes? What about the box "Sent" that
> was opened above?

Open mailboxes need no polling: IMAP server should announce new  
messages at nearest opportunity. Myself, I see something like this in  
the mail log on arrival of a new message (previous count was 85, with 3  
recent messages in the session):
IMAP C: 1b NOOP
IMAP S: * 86 EXISTS           <-- server announces new msg count
* 4 RECENT                    <-- with that many recent messages
1b OK NOOP completed
IMAP C: 1c SEARCH 86 UNSEEN   <--- balsa checks the status of
1d SEARCH 86 DELETED          <--- the new message.
IMAP S: * SEARCH 86
1c OK SEARCH completed
IMAP S: * SEARCH
1d OK SEARCH completed

So, it is IMAP server issue *if* Sent is really _open_ (look for CLOSE  
commands in the stream to be really sure) but does not get EXISTS  
unsolicited server responses.

Pawel