[Dovecot] Can imap IDLE be disabled?

[Timo Sirainen]

On Jan 17, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Ed Ewing wrote:

> On 1/17/2009 10:58 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
>> On Jan 17, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Ed Ewing wrote:
>>
>>> Have looked through all of the config options in the wiki and  
>>> don't see a reference to turning off IDLE similar to courier's  
>>> capability.
>>> Is it possible?
>>
>> No. Why do you want to disable it?
>>
> Prefer not having persistent connections to the server.
> May sound backwards but simple as that.

Are you sure disabling IDLE helps with that? AFAIK most clients keep  
persistent connections to server regardless of their ability to IDLE.