Comment by AshamedCaptain
2 years ago
There are no such IMAP problems, at least ever since IDLE was a thing (which arguably you could argue may have not been a thing up until the 2010s, even if it's technically from the 2000s).
It's just all political bullshit -- the same reason you can have decent IMAP clients on Android, but you can't on iOS (they have to resort to tricks like this), except if you're Apple.
Isn't there still a limit of one watched mailbox per TCP connection?
Yes. But you're going to have a unique TCP connection per host, at minimum.
Unless I'm misunderstanding the problem you're raising, it seems like a non-issue for the majority of people with multiple accounts (a work email, a Gmail, a hotmail; for instance).
A unique connection per host isn't too bad. But I have 12 connections for each of my desktops and laptops and phones and tablets...
As you say the problem is somewhat caused by Apple ~~and Google~~ forcing apps to use their proprietary notification systems so that e.g., mail can be checked while a phone is idling. But the end user does not care about the market abusing power of the monopolies--they wants instant notifications when they receive mail...
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