> On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:05:53 +0200, Vilius Šumskas <vilius- > s1cezwje...@public.gmane.org> says... > > > I think you are confusing IDLE with synchronization. It doesn't matter what > folder you have selected, as long as your client syncs every 2 or 5 or ... > minutes the new mail will arrive. It just a little "slower" than waiting for > IDLE. > > > > > > > > No, synchronization isn't what I was writing about. During > synchronization email client have to poll server every defined period of > time. So first its not immediate unless I set very short (i.e. 1s) > synchronization period, and second it makes unnecessary network traffic > especially when synchronization period is short. Of course before 5.0 I > had to use synchronization because former TB vesions didn't support IDLE > mode. But now it works but not in the way I was expecting and not how > other clients (i.e. Thunderbird) works.
Thunderbird does so by opening 5 connection to 5 different folders. And as far as I know 5 is the limit. So if you are using more than 5 folders you have to enable syncronization anyway. IMAP IDLE does not replace syncronization. There is IMAP NOTIFY extension on the rise to combine best of both worlds but for now there is no easy way to make IMAP IDLE command work in all folders. Again, The Bat developers can decide which folder the client should idle, but current method is the best IMHO. It follows the whole IMAP philosophy. -- Vilius ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 5.0.0.133 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
