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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 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

Software

Client software with support for IMAP IDLE
Server software with support for IMAP IDLE

Notes

  1. ^ Supporting Windows 8 Mail in your organization
  2. ^ "Mutt changelog" (text). 1.5.12.
  3. ^ Changelog for Opera 8.0 Technical Preview 5.1 for Windows
  4. ^ Palm Pre Gmail and IMAP: Pushes with IMAP IDLE