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       Title     : IMAP4 IDLE command                                      
       Author(s) : B. Leiba
       Filename  : draft-leiba-imap-idle-02.txt
       Pages     : 4
       Date      : 05/29/1997

The Internet Message Access Protocol [IMAP4] requires a client to poll the 
server for changes to the selected mailbox (new mail, deletions). It's 
often more desirable to have the server transmit updates to the client in 
real time.  This allows a user to see new mail immediately. It also helps 
some real-time applications based on IMAP, which might otherwise need to 
poll extremely often (such as every few seconds). (While the spec actually 
does allow a server to push EXISTS responses aysynchronously, a client 
can't expect this behaviour and must poll.)         
                       
This document specifies the syntax of an IDLE command, which will allow a 
client to tell the server that it's ready to accept such real-time updates.

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