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
- Kmail as with KDE SC 4.7
- ibisMail for iPhone
- Tiverias GPush for iPhone
- EmailPush for iPhone
- Symbian smartphones (on newer E72, E52 etc. phones this functionality is broken, because connection to the mail server is closed (probably even outside the mailing application) and never restored.[1])
- Treo smartphones
- webOS smartphones[2]
- Opera Mail[3]
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Evolution (IMAPX introduced as "IMAP+" in version 2.30)
- Apple Mail, IDLE command introduced with version 3.
- Becky!, IDLE command introduced with version 2.56 (2010/09/29).
- Emansio For Windows Mobile
- FlexMail For Windows Mobile
- ProfiMail For Windows Mobile and Symbian
- SchedHandler For Windows Mobile
- Microsoft Outlook Express
- Microsoft Windows Mail
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Entourage
- Mutt[4]
- Peek (mobile email device)
- K9 Mail for Android
- Sparrow for OS X
- Zimbra Desktop for Windows, Linux & MAC
- Server software with support for IMAP IDLE
- UW IMAP
- Panda IMAP
- acIMAP
- Courier Mail Server
- DBMail_IMAP_and_POP3_server
- dovecot IMAP server
- CommuniGate Pro
- Synchronica Mobile Gateway
- wodImapServer ActiveX component
- isode M-Box POP/IMAP Gateway
- Eudora Internet Mail Server
- Cyrus IMAP server
- Kerio Mail Server
- Kerio Connect
- Kolab Groupware Server
- hMailServer
- Mailtraq
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003[5]
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2007[6]
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2010[7]
- Sun Java System Messaging Server
- LumiSoft Mail Server
- Mdaemon Mail server
- Zarafa Collaboration Platform
- Teamware Office
- Zimbra Collaboration Server
- SmarterMail 8.x
[edit] External links
[edit] Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ Palm Pre Gmail and IMAP: Pushes with IMAP IDLE
- ^ Changelog for Opera 8.0 Technical Preview 5.1 for Windows
- ^ "Mutt changelog" (text). 1.5.12. http://www.mutt.org/doc/devel/UPDATING.
- ^ Exchange Server RFC and standards compliance
- ^ Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 RFC and Support for Standards
- ^ Exchange 2010 Support for RFC Standards: Exchange 2010 SP1 Help
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