[dacphilly]

Since BIS polls a mailbox every 15 minutes and less if it actually finds mail, anyone who successfully installed unite know if it polls a mailbox every 15 minutes or is that configurable by the admin.

Thanks!

[hrbuckley]

Didn't see any way of configuring it, nor have I looked at the time. If I get a chance I will see if I can attach my server to a mail box that I don't check any other way so the logs will show only Unite polling, and report.

[dacphilly]

Originally Posted by hrbuckley

Didn't see any way of configuring it, nor have I looked at the time. If I get a chance I will see if I can attach my server to a mail box that I don't check any other way so the logs will show only Unite polling, and report.

Thanks!

[Dawg]

seems like it was pretty instant when I had it installed

[bakerfall]

It's not as instant as BES, but it's much quicker than BIS. I'd say <90 sec delay for receiving email, none for sending.

[Nextel User]

pretty instant here too. using gmail hosted

[hrbuckley]

I'm still collecting data, but I think if it can stay logged it it does. If my ever diminishing memory serves IMAP has a protocol to detect when new mail arrives. It does seem to be very quick.

[dacphilly]

Thanks for all the responses. I've seen the pros and cons of installing unite and just wanted to see if I could get my mail faster by using it. I'm using IMAP but still have a lag on some of the mailboxes.

[hrbuckley]

Well logwatch on my IMAP server machine says Unite only logged off twice since 11 AM yesterday when I set up the mail account. Some servers may not support continuous connection. From the log extract you can see there was a gap of 5 minutes when it wasn't logged in. I restarted the IMAP server (severing the connection) to see how long it takes to re-connect. As you can see it didn't take very long:

May 22 11:11:16 vps imapd-ssl: LOGIN
May 22 11:15:19 vps imapd-ssl: LOGIN
May 22 11:31:42 vps imapd-ssl: LOGOUT
May 22 13:41:16 vps imapd-ssl: LOGOUT
May 22 13:46:12 vps imapd-ssl: LOGIN
May 23 08:07:02 vps imapd-ssl: NOTICE: Disconnected during shutdown by signal
May 23 08:08:11 vps imapd-ssl: LOGIN

[tbhuang2]

dacphilly, I'm thinking about doing exactly what you're doing; that is, using Unite to poll for IMAP (I'm using Gmail IMAP) faster than BIS.
Can I get an update as to whether or not this worked out for you?

[dacphilly]

This actually works well for me. I do get my mail instantly and browsing is just as fast as the BIS browser.

Originally Posted by tbhuang2

dacphilly, I'm thinking about doing exactly what you're doing; that is, using Unite to poll for IMAP (I'm using Gmail IMAP) faster than BIS.
Can I get an update as to whether or not this worked out for you?