On July 11, 2018 2:08:00 PM PDT, Sophie Loewenthal <[email protected]> wrote: > >Hi, > >Just noticed an Android email client called K9 Mail is producing these >entries in a server's dovecot log: > >Jul 11 21:03:28 mx1 dovecot: imap([email protected]): Connection closed >(IDLE running for 0.001 + waiting input for 1728.597 secs, 2 B in + >10+0 >B out, state=wait-input) in=353 out=2154 >Jul 11 21:03:31 mx1 dovecot: imap([email protected]): Connection closed >(IDLE running for 0.001 + waiting input for 1731.069 secs, 2 B in + >10+0 >B out, state=wait-input) in=389 out=1910 > >I cannot find out what this means after googling. Any ideas? > > > >Best wishes, >Sophie
K-9 uses IDLE connections to allow instant notifications upon mail receipt (akin to "push notifications" but without the need for cell carrier-specific mechanisms). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP_IDLE Nothing to worry about. --Sean
