"'casimero' via K-9 Mail" <[email protected]> writes:
> Is the push (imap idle) process so difficult or it is a low priority for > the development team? I'm not the one doing the work, but a brief comment to hopefully offload cketti: On many phones, particularly older android, push works fine. The basic issue is that K-9 needs to continue running and to continue to have a TCP connection open to the server, so that when the server sends data K-9 receives it and processes it. Problems arise on some phones and newer android which has more aggressive battery saving, requiring apps to jump through more hoops to be allowed to operate and not be put to sleep. I see the situation as unfortunate as these extreme measures basically exist to defend phones from misbehaving apps, and well-behaved apps -- that you the user actually want to use your battery for -- are harmed as a byproduct. (The more cynical may think it's all a plot to push people into proprietary push wakeup services to facilitate tracking.) You may want to read the bug tracker for more information: https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/issues/857 https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/issues/4258 Not what you asked, but I am using Conversations, an xmpp app, to send myself timely notifications (temp out of range, power failure, sorts of things). You might find that sending the notifications you really care about over xmpp instead, or also for redundancy, is a reasonable solution to your overall goals. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/k-9-mail/rmisgh4nayu.fsf%40s1.lexort.com.
