[Imap-protocol] [ann] lua imap server

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On Mar 21, 2012, at 2:06 AM, Barry Leiba wrote:


> Wrong in that clients are never required to send NOOP commands, and

> they expect to get updates at other times.  The protocol actually

> requires you to send these sorts of updates when ANY command is

> received, modulo the specific situation with EXPUNGE.


Fair enough. That said, in the selected state, that modulo is most of the useful commands. 


> Suppose I'm doing this for something like an hour and a half, and

> imagine my surprise when I stop to take a break for a few minutes, and

> suddenly get notified of 90 minutes' worth of new mail.


Better late than never I guess. In any case, as mentioned previously, this specific IMAP implementation is fronting a mail archive, where utter most timeliness of updates is not an issue.

So NOOP is good enough for updates. 

Thanks for the feedbacks though.