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In email technology, IDLE is an IMAP feature described in RFC 2177 that allows a client to indicate to the server that it is ready to accept real-time notifications.

Significance

The IDLE feature allows IMAP email users to immediately receive any mailbox changes without having to undertake any action such as clicking on a refresh button, or having the email client automatically and repeatedly ask the server for new messages.

Usage

IMAP4 servers that support IDLE will include the string "IDLE" in the result of their CAPABILITY command. This allows email users to receive near instant notification of a new email.

Notes

External links

RFC 2177: IMAP4 IDLE

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+In [[email]] technology, '''IDLE''' is an [[IMAP]] feature described in [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2177 RFC 2177] that allows a [[Client (computing)|client]] to indicate to the [[Server (computing)|server]] that it is ready to accept [[real-time computing|real-time]] notifications.
+==Significance==
-In [[e-mail]] technology, '''IDLE''' is an [[IMAP]] feature described in RFC 2177 that allows a [[Client (computing)|client]] to indicate to the [[Server (computing)|server]] that it is ready to accept [[real-time computing|real-time]] notifications.
+The IDLE feature allows IMAP email users to immediately receive any mailbox changes without having to undertake any action such as clicking on a refresh button, or having the email client automatically and repeatedly ask the server for new messages.
-== Significance ==
+==Usage==
+IMAP4 servers that support IDLE will include the string "IDLE" in the result of their CAPABILITY command. This allows email users to receive near instant notification of a new email.
-The IDLE feature allows IMAP e-mail users to immediately receive any mailbox changes without having to undertake any action such as clicking on a refresh button, or having the e-mail client automatically and repeatedly ask the server for new messages.
-== Usage ==
-IMAP4 servers that support IDLE will include the programming string "IDLE" in the result of their CAPABILITY command. This allows email users to receive near instant notification of a new email.
 == See also ==
-* [[Push-IMAP]]
+*[[Push-IMAP]]
-==Software==
-;Client software with support for IMAP IDLE
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-*[[Symbian]] smartphones
-*[[Palm Treo|Treo]] smartphones
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-*[[Mozilla Thunderbird]]
-*[[Evolution (software)|Evolution]] (IMAPX introduced as "IMAP+" in version 2.30)
-*[[Mail (application)|Apple Mail]], IDLE command introduced with version 3.
-*[[Becky!]], IDLE command introduced with version 2.56 (2010/09/29).
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-*[[Outlook Express|Microsoft Outlook Express]]
-*[[Windows Mail|Microsoft Windows Mail]]
-*[[Microsoft Outlook]]
-*[[Microsoft Entourage]]
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-*[[Peek (mobile email device)]]
-*[[K9 Mail]] for [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
-*[[Sparrow (e-mail client)|Sparrow]] for [[OS X]]
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-;Server software with support for IMAP IDLE
-*[http://archiveopteryx.org/imap/idle Archiveopteryx]
-*[[UW IMAP]]
-*[http://panda.com/imap Panda IMAP]
-* acIMAP
-*[[Courier Mail Server]]
-*[[DBMail_IMAP_and_POP3_server]]
-*[[Dovecot (software)|dovecot]] IMAP server
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-*[http://www.isode.com/products/m-box-gateway.html isode M-Box POP/IMAP Gateway]
-*[[Eudora Internet Mail Server]]
-*[[Cyrus IMAP server]]
-*[http://www.kerio.com/kms_home.html Kerio Mail Server]
-*[http://www.kerio.com/connect Kerio Connect]
-*[[Kolab]] Groupware Server
-*[[hMailServer]]
-*[[MailSite]]
-* [[Mailtraq]]
-* [[Microsoft Exchange Server]] 5.5, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, [[Microsoft Exchange Server]] 2003<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262986 Exchange Server RFC and standards compliance]</ref>
-*[[Microsoft Exchange Server]] 2007<ref>[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc540463(EXCHG.80).aspx Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 RFC and Support for Standards]</ref>
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-*[[Sun Java System Messaging Server]]
-*[http://www.lumisoft.ee/lswww/eng/products/mail_server/mail_index_eng.aspx?type=info LumiSoft Mail Server]
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 ==Notes==
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 == External links ==
-* [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2177 RFC 2177: IMAP4 IDLE]
+* [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2177 RFC 2177: IMAP4 IDLE]
 [[Category:Internet mail protocols]]
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-[[es:IMAP IDLE]]