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Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> writes:

>> I see your point, but the RFC says "MUST NOT" use STATUS on a selected
>> mailbox to check for new mail.
>
> RFC 2060 didn't, and nnimap was written for that RFC.  Ideally, someone
> could revise nnimap to make it more modern.

sorry - didn't mean to be critical of the code as written, just that
given that the spec has changed it is now not the right behavior.

> Alternatively use something like the IDLE extension.  Or issue a NOOP.

IDLE is probably the coolest thing - that seems to be what most clients
use.

> Heads up: if anyone notices that nnimap has become significantly slower
> and/or some new IMAP is showing up that can be traced to this change,
> let us know!

Thanks for the analysis and making the change - we'll see what happens.

    Greg