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<p dir="auto">On 8 Feb 2020, at 6:35, Sam Hathaway wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">The short version is that there’s no way to do push notifications for IMAP accounts on iOS without their server logging into your account and keeping an IDLE connection open.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Which is why I use iOS client which keeps an IDLE connection; it works "just fine" (or something similar with iOS background functionality). I didn't bother looking into details of it; I tried it; it worked; I used it.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Many iOS email clients do this. It’s the price you pay for having timely push notifications.</p>
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<p dir="auto">FYI, I found Edison and Preside both provide iOS notifications, and neither needs a central server with access to all my email. I have seen other email clients since advertise similar functionality. No need to give away access to all your email.</p>
<p dir="auto">So yes, giving away access to all your email is one way to pay the price. It's not a price I'm willing to pay, so I paid the price of looking for alternatives with smart background handling.</p>
<p dir="auto">-cng</p>
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<pre style="background-color:#F7F7F7; border-radius:5px 5px 5px 5px; margin-left:15px; margin-right:15px; max-width:90vw; overflow-x:auto; padding:5px" bgcolor="#F7F7F7"><code style="background-color:#F7F7F7; border-radius:3px; margin:0; padding:0" bgcolor="#F7F7F7">Charlie Garrison <charlie@garrison.com.au>
Garrison Computer Services <http://www.garrison.com.au>
PO Box 380
Tumbarumba NSW 2653 Australia
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