On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 15:47 -0800, gopalakrishnan kamalanathan wrote: > Thank you for explaining it so elaborately. > So, If a new message comes in through SMTP and is stored in database, how > are the IMAP client informed about the new messages.
When they re-scan the mailbox. Same as any other IMAP client/server that isn't using IDLE. > Is it handled through database triggers. > If not, what is the meachnism used to inform the clients about a new > message, deleted message or message state chage. DBMail doesn't support IDLE [yet?] -- Internet Connection High Quality Web Hosting http://www.internetconnection.net/