[Alpine-info] Re: no message status updates from gmail

[Eduardo Chappa]

On Wed, 4 Aug 2010, Tim K. (Gmane) wrote:


:) Do you mean not get email notifications at all, even if the folder is 

:) the currently open folder in Alpine?


No, I am sorry. I probably misspoke.

What I mean is that there is a system that checks for new mail in incoming 
folders, regardless of if they are open or closed. This system never 
notifies of new mail in Gmail when Gmail is closed (but it does, as it 
should, when the folder is open).

I have never tried to understand why this happens. My hunch is that it is 
because I have the system check for recent messages as opposed to unseen 
messages (the gmail imap server does not have a concept of recent messags, 
only seen vs. unseen).

I hope I am not confusing more every time.

Oh, by the way, I tried changing the seen/unseen flag over an idle 
connection, and noticed no change. I have another idea up to what it could 
be, but it requires coding, which I need to try first....

-- 
Eduardo
http://staff.washington.edu/chappa/alpine/