Re: [Imap-protocol] Gmail and IDLE flags changes
Brandon Long <[email protected]>
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The RFC only says SHOULD, ie: Server implementations that offer multiple simultaneous access to the same mailbox SHOULD also send appropriate unilateral untagged FETCH and EXPUNGE responses if another agent changes the state of any message flags or expunges any messages Currently, Gmail never sends unsolicited untagged FETCH responses. This has been documented in our help center since day one, ie: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78761?hl=en&ref_topic=3397501 This was done due to the expensive nature of providing that feature with the capabilities our backend had. We've been working on adding support for this for some time, but I'm not sure when/if it will ever launch. Brandon On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Dave Cridland <[email protected]> wrote: > That implies you'd expect flag changes to be sent during other commands, > like NOOP etc? I thought Gmail never sent any unsolicited flag changes at > all - am I wrong? > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Brandon Long <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, gmail currently only notifies of new messages and expunged messages >> during idle. >> >> Brandon >> On Jan 23, 2014 1:26 PM, "Rick Sanders" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is it true that Gmail does not send notification to a client which is >>> idling on a mailbox? >>> >>> I ran across that while testing some code that detects flag changes >>> using IDLE and I was surprised that I did not get anything from Gmail. >>> >>> Google searches suggest that's the case. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Rick >>> >>> -- >>> Rick Sanders >>> [email protected] >>> IMAP Tools http://www.athensfbc.com/imap-tools >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Imap-protocol mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/imap-protocol >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Imap-protocol mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/imap-protocol >> > > _______________________________________________ Imap-protocol mailing list [email protected] http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/imap-protocol