Re: [Evolution] IMAP IDLE extension

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 22:24 +0100, Jerome Warnier wrote:
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > The IMAP IDLE extension allows conforming servers (e.g. Cyrus,
> > Gmail, ...) to notify clients of new mail, without the latter having to
> > poll them. It's a Good Thing (tm).
> >
> > It seems that support for the IDLE extension was planned for Evo 2.24
> > but didn't make it. It's now on the roadmap for 2.26. Does anyone know
> > if it's really going to happen this time?
> >
> >   
> I was told years ago (on this same list) that IDLE was not a standard
> (no RFC and al), and as such, was not planned to be ever implemented for
> Evolution.

It's been an RFC since 1997: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2177

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