From 36a06801915af61be8503807a465a39025c2b8b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ethan Glasser-Camp <ethan@betacantrips.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 03:19:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add check for IDLE in capabilities

If the server doesn't support IDLE, we fall back to the standard
noop() keepalive.

This commit was originally by James Bunton <jamesbunton@fastmail.fm>.

Signed-off-by: Ethan Glasser-Camp <ethan@betacantrips.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s-dev@laposte.net>
---
 offlineimap/imapserver.py | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/offlineimap/imapserver.py b/offlineimap/imapserver.py
index e5613fb..96e8d23 100644
--- a/offlineimap/imapserver.py
+++ b/offlineimap/imapserver.py
@@ -411,7 +411,15 @@ class IdleThread(object):
                     self.event.set()
             imapobj = self.parent.acquireconnection()
             imapobj.select(self.folder)
-            imapobj.idle(callback=callback)
+            if "IDLE" in imapobj.capabilities:
+                imapobj.idle(callback=callback)
+            else:
+                ui = getglobalui()
+                ui.warn("IMAP IDLE not supported on connection to %s."
+                        "Falling back to old behavior: sleeping until next"
+                        "refresh cycle."
+                        %(imapobj.identifier,))
+                imapobj.noop()
             self.event.wait()
             if self.event.isSet():
                 imapobj.noop()