[Imap-protocol] Fwd: iOS IMAP IDLE (Standard "Push Email") Deficiency, Explanation?

[Dave Cridland]

On Tue Oct  5 12:51:24 2010, Tony Finch wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Oct 2010, Dave Cridland wrote:

> >

> > On shiny but castrated smartphones, though, a developer must buy  

> in

> > (technically at least, financially I don't know) into a  

> proprietary

> > unified push system. Which, rumour has it, runs over XMPP, using a

> > persistent TCP connection...

> 

> It certainly uses the standard XMPP port 5223:

> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3576


That's a special definition of "standard" as "formally deprecated in  
2003", of course. (See XEP-0035).

This cutting-edge technology of Apple's is marvellous, isn't it?

Dave.
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