[pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#559008: Bug#559008: fetchmail: Idle option doesn't take effect

[Jason White]

Matthias Andree <matthias.andree at gmx.de> wrote:
 
> http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#G3 (the init-script seems to
> support a debug-run parameter which will do similar things).

I'll inestigate.
> 
> > I am using IMAP over an ssh link, i.e.,
> > plugin "ssh -C %h /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap"
> 
> 1. Does your ssh connection last long enough, or will it terminate prematurely
> because there is no traffic, and/or from interaction with statefule firewalls
> and thereabouts?
> 
> 2. Are you sure the remote command is the right one? It would seem that "dovecot
> --exec-mail imap" is the right way to do it.
> 

I changed the configuration to IMAP over SSL (temporarily eliminating the ssh
connection) and the result was the same, i.e., the idle option didn't hold the
connection open but it kept polling at the interval specified in the daemon
option.

I realize it could after all be at the remote end; I could turn verbose output
on if that would help.