[fetchmail-users] Re: Bug in imap_idle() with mail servers not supporting "idle"

[Sunil S. <sh...@bo...>]

I think this issue is similar to the one reported by Casper
Gripenberg. Could you try this patch and report if it works for you?

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Index: fetchmail/imap.c
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--- fetchmail/imap.c	(revision 4696)
+++ fetchmail/imap.c	(working copy)
@@ -633,11 +633,12 @@
 	if (ok != 0 || stage != STAGE_IDLE)
 	    return(ok);
 
-	/* wait (briefly) for an unsolicited status update */
-	ok = imap_ok(sock, NULL);
-	/* again, this is new mail or an error */
-	if (ok != PS_IDLETIMEOUT)
-	    return(ok);
+	/* we used to wait for an unsolicited status update here with
+	 * imap_ok(). However, since no command has actually been
+	 * sent, there is no "tag" which can be used for comparison.
+	 * Just sleep instead */
+	set_timeout(0);
+	sleep(mytimeout);
     }
 
     /* restore normal timeout value */
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-- 
Sunil Shetye.