Am 27.11.19 um 22:57 schrieb Andy Figueroa:
> Contact a developer. You're wasting your time here.
Thanks for the clarity.
Which communication channel should I use then? Apparently, this discussion is
unwanted on the issue tracker where devs are roaming,
as a dev there directed me to this mailing list for these kinds of questions.
Thanks and all the best,
Oliver
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> Andy
>
> On November 27, 2019 2:52:51 PM EST, 'Oliver Freyermuth' via K-9 Mail
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Am 27.11.19 um 20:32 schrieb Greg Troxel:
>
> "'Oliver Freyermuth' via K-9 Mail" <[email protected]> writes:
>
> since I was adviced in https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/issues/4258
> to
> redirect my questions to the mailing list, I'm hereby doing this.
>
>
> I'll address only one point.
>
> 1. How is Google Push related to IMAP IDLE?
>
>
> <snip>
>
>
> So I will advance the theory that:
>
> k-9 does not use FCM/GCM (and hence does not use "google push")
>
> IMAP IDLE is the standard approach
>
> discussion of "google push"/FCM in this context is without basis and
> basically a red herring
>
> I would be interested to hear any explanations if that's not accurate.
>
>
> I could not agree more with all your statements.
>
> My question was motivated due to comments by @beerisgood in
> https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/issues/4258 (marked as off-topic),
> explaining that push in K9 mail works fine on stock ROMs with Gapps since
> "Google Push" is used.
> I failed to understand how these things relate, since my understanding of
> K9 mail push always was "IMAP IDLE",
> and Google Push (to my understanding) is GCM indeed, as you stated.
>
> Quoting myself from that issue:
> "Is it because Google push enforces that the device keeps up a
> persistent TCP connection,
> which - coincidentally - also IMAP IDLE requires, such that the
> built-in Google stuff "by accident" fixes IMAP IDLE by forcing the TCP stack
> to stay active?"
>
> This would be the only correlation I could think of. However, a clear
> statement that K9 does indeed _not_ use GCM from the devs would be nice.
>
> Indeed, "push" notifications in K9 mail were always working very well for
> me, but my device is running a stock ROM with Gapps.
> But apparently it was broken for most users (otherwise it would not have
> been removed without any possibility for the user to re-enable it),
> according to the comments marked as off-topic, it seems this was mainly
> the case on non-Gapps devices.
>
> Cheers and thanks,
> Oliver
>
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