Re: [Imap-protocol] Gmail and IDLE flags changes
Barry Leiba <[email protected]>
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> I've also been wondering: The RFC on IMAP IDLE does not state it as a > requirement that servers must (or even should) report flag changes when in > the IDLE state. That's because there isn't an IDLE "state": IDLE is a command that continues "running", and IMAP servers are supposed to report state changes while commands are in progress. There's nothing special here that's different to any other command. If gmail fails to sent state updates for flag changes during, say, FETCH or APPEND commands, then they're being consistent (and wrong). If they're doing some special case for IDLE, then they're being peculiar (and wrong). But there's no reason for the IDLE spec to say anything about flag changes in particular. Head to the base IMAP spec to see what status updates servers should be reporting. Barry _______________________________________________ Imap-protocol mailing list [email protected] http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/imap-protocol