[Imap-protocol] IDLE + inbox file

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Sat Mar 24 15:25:26 PDT 2012


On 25.3.2012, at 0.19, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:


> On 03/24/2012 02:13 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote:

>> next_notify_secs = 120 - ((time() + crc32(username)) % 120);

>

> Why username instead of client IP?



I hadn't really given it a thought, but now that I do: Clients' real IPs could be hidden by proxies/NATs. This could be a problem either on server or client side.



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