[issue11245] Implementation of IMAP IDLE in imaplib?

[Gereon Kremer]

Gereon Kremer added the comment:

We have implemented this functionality according to RFC 2177.
We actually implemented a synchronous idle function that blocks until a timeout occurs or the server sent some event.

This is not the most flexible way, however it will provide a basic functionality that enables user to use imap idle based notifications.
Besides, every other solution would require threads or regular polling.

See attached patch file.

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keywords: +patch
nosy: +nafur
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file27400/imapidle.patch

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