On Sat, 11 Nov 2006, ranganadh Ganta wrote:
How this IMAP client is notified on new messages?
is it a polling mechanism or is the IMAP server sending notification over
the connection in case there is a new message waiting?
could plz give me the time factor over here . how frequently giving the
polling / server sending the nothification to the client?
Is it posible async. way?
and wht rate the polling can be occured?
For a pedagogical explanation of IMAP and other email protocols, I suggest
that you read the book "Internet Email Protocols: A Developer's Guide", by
Kevin Johnson, published by Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-43288-9.
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