IMAP IDLE

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In e-mail technology, IDLE is an IMAP feature described in RFC 2177 that allows a client to indicate to the server that it is ready to accept real-time notifications.

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[edit] Significance

The IDLE feature allows IMAP e-mail users to immediately receive any mailbox changes without having to undertake any action such as clicking on a refresh button, or having the e-mail client automatically and repeatedly ask the server for new messages.

[edit] Usage

IMAP4 servers that support IDLE will include this programming string in the result of their CAPABILITY command.

[edit] See also

[edit] Software

Client software with support for IMAP IDLE


Server software with support for IMAP IDLE

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://discussions.nokiausa.com/t5/Eseries-and-Communicators/Open-letter-to-Nokia-Messaging-dev-team-imap-idle-is-NOT-working/td-p/585958/highlight/true
  2. ^ Palm Pre Gmail and IMAP: Pushes with IMAP IDLE
  3. ^ Changelog for Opera 8.0 Technical Preview 5.1 for Windows
  4. ^ "Mutt changelog" (text). 1.5.12. http://www.mutt.org/doc/devel/UPDATING. 
  5. ^ Exchange Server RFC and standards compliance
  6. ^ Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 RFC and Support for Standards
  7. ^ Exchange 2010 Support for RFC Standards: Exchange 2010 SP1 Help
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