IMAP IDLE
In e-mail 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 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
Software
- Client software with support for IMAP IDLE
- FocalScope Email Ticketing Software
- Mailbird
- Kmail as with KDE SC 4.7
- ibisMail for iPhone
- Tiverias GPush for iPhone
- EmailPush for iPhone
- Symbian smartphones
- Treo smartphones
- webOS smartphones[1]
- Opera Mail[2]
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Evolution (IMAPX introduced as "IMAP+" in version 2.30)
- Apple Mail, IDLE command introduced with version 3.
- Becky!, IDLE command introduced with version 2.56 (2010/09/29).
- Emansio For Windows Mobile
- FlexMail For Windows Mobile
- ProfiMail For Windows Mobile and Symbian
- SchedHandler For Windows Mobile
- Microsoft Outlook Express
- Microsoft Windows Mail
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Entourage
- Mutt[3]
- Peek (mobile email device)
- K9 Mail for Android
- Sparrow for OS X
- Zimbra Desktop for Windows, Linux & MAC
- Server software with support for IMAP IDLE
- Archiveopteryx
- UW IMAP
- Panda IMAP
- acIMAP
- Courier Mail Server
- DBMail_IMAP_and_POP3_server
- dovecot IMAP server
- CommuniGate Pro
- Synchronica Mobile Gateway
- wodImapServer ActiveX component
- isode M-Box POP/IMAP Gateway
- Eudora Internet Mail Server
- Cyrus IMAP server
- Kerio Mail Server
- Kerio Connect
- Kolab Groupware Server
- hMailServer
- MailSite
- Mailtraq
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003[4]
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2007[5]
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2010[6]
- Sun Java System Messaging Server
- LumiSoft Mail Server
- Mdaemon Mail server
- Zarafa Collaboration Platform
- Teamware Office
- Zimbra Collaboration Server
- SmarterMail 8.x
- Zoho Mail
External links
Notes
- ^ Palm Pre Gmail and IMAP: Pushes with IMAP IDLE
- ^ Changelog for Opera 8.0 Technical Preview 5.1 for Windows
- ^ "Mutt changelog" (text). 1.5.12.
- ^ Exchange Server RFC and standards compliance
- ^ Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 RFC and Support for Standards
- ^ Exchange 2010 Support for RFC Standards: Exchange 2010 SP1 Help
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