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<h1>Extending Twisted Mail with the IMAP <em>Push</em><a class="headerlink" href="#extending-twisted-mail-with-the-imap-push" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>Twisted supports the IMAP protocol used by millions accross the world
to remotely access their mailboxes. There is one extension of the IMAP
protocol which is not handled by the Twisted client library and which is
supported by the Dovecot, Gmail and many other mail servers: it is the
IMAP IDLE commands which the client sends to the servers when it wants
to be notified of the reception of new mails.</p>
<p>This is the <em>push mail</em> fonctionality which allows for faster
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of this extension into the Twisted Project. First, a prototype of the
notification mechanism between a Twisted client and server is set
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