[pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#637478: Bug#637478: fetchmail: 28 minute IDLE timeout, should be configurable

Mon Aug 22 00:27:08 UTC 2011

Am 22.08.2011 00:22, schrieb Anders Kaseorg:
> On 08/12/2011 03:19 AM, Matthias Andree wrote:
>> The IMAP standard (RFC-3501) has clear requirements with respect to how
>> long servers need to tolerate connections left idle by clients,
> 
> As much as the proxy’s behavior sucks, the proxy is under no obligation
> to support the IMAP standard.

Well, I believe in freedom of religion, but I'm not interested in
compensating for your IT dept's disinterest in standards or their
deploying underfeatured proxies.

Set a low daemon interval instead.  Most commercial ISPs permit
intervals as low as 60 seconds for IMAP, so check what is permitted for
your site.

And consider if you really need near-real-time mail access and get
distracted from other work.  Mail isn't meant as real-time or
full-duplex medium.