Idle support
Bug #453564 reported by
Jeremy Nickurak
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cGmail |
Confirmed
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Mail-notification uses IMAP's IDLE option to open a connection to a mail server, then wait until google tells you there's a message. This means:
- You're not polling when you don't have to
- You get notified that there's a new message virtually instantaneously.
This would be a big deal in getting me to switch (although the indictaor/
Revision history for this message
| Francesco Marella (francesco-marella) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in cgmail: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| milestone: | none → 0.7.0 |
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The idea it's not bad, the imaplib2 python module needed to do that it's not packaged though. Please correct me if I'm wrong.