Re: [Evolution] IMAP IDLE extension

[Jerome Warnier <jwarnier beeznest net>]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> 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
>   
Nice. You don't have to convince me, though.
> poc
>