Re: [Fetchmail-users] fetchmail not polling multiple servers when IMAP IDLE used

[Hendrik H. <hen...@gm...>]

Hi,
using separate config folders and pids works great for me. I added a
script that creates the fetchmail files based on my own config file and
monitor all that with a cron job.
regards,
Hendrik

On 19/11/14 06:24, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 07:52:24PM -0600, Corey Halpin wrote:
>> On 2014-11-18, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
>>> It's almost as if use of IMAP IDLE causes the daemon to effectively
>>> ignore any other poll sections.
>> From the fetchmail manpage, in "The Run Control File" section, under
>> "Singledrop vs Multidrop options":
>>
>>   The 'idle' option is intended to be used with IMAP servers
>>   supporting the RFC2177 IDLE command extension, but does not strictly
>>   require it.  If it is enabled, and fetchmail detects that IDLE is
>>   supported, an IDLE will be issued at the end of each poll.  This
>>   will tell the IMAP server to hold the connection open and notify the
>>   client when new mail is available.  If IDLE is not supported,
>>   fetchmail will simulate it by periodically issuing NOOP. If you need
>>   to poll a link frequently, IDLE can save bandwidth by eliminating
>>   TCP/IP connects and LOGIN/LOGOUT sequences. On the other hand, an
>>   IDLE connection will eat almost all of your fetchmail's time,
>>   because it will never drop the connection and allow other polls to
>>           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>   occur unless the server times out the IDLE.  It also doesn't work
>>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>   with multiple folders; only the first folder will ever be polled.
> Thank you Corey!
>
> Yup, I didn't actually manage to read that in the man page.  Bummer,
> although that conflicts with the following from section "GENERAL
> OPERATION":
>
>   Each  server name that you specify following the options on the
>   command line will be queried.  If you don't specify any servers on
>   the command line, each 'poll' entry in your ~/.fetchmailrc file
>                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   will be queried.
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Back to cronjobs, either that or maintaining two separate fetchmail
> config files + pid files, etc.  :/
>