On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 20:50, John Doty wrote: > It seems exceptionally bogus that outlook would just not work on a system > without IDLE.
My server doesn't support IDLE and I haven't seen any problems with Outlook. > (After outlook does not get a response from my server, it > pops up a dialog box saying "Hey user, your evil IMAP server timed out while > I was trying to get new mail!" The is regardless of what I click.) I guess > I should get started implementing IDLE.... Rather try with another server which works and then check what it does differently. Maybe you have just a typo somewhere. > So, at about 29 minutes into the IDLE, the server needs to send a hokey > EXISTS announcing fake new mail, then when the client sends a DONE the > server should send a hokey EXPUNGE to make the fake new mail go away. That > will cause the client to issue a new idle and prevent the autologout. .. is this really worth it?
