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So a few years back, everything was super fast on IMAP on my phone. But now it just crawls. On the Gmail App it's still pretty fast. So I just assumed it was sl
by dbg31415 7y ago
So a few years back, everything was super fast on IMAP on my phone. But now it just crawls. On the Gmail App it's still pretty fast. So I just assumed it was slow because Google was being a dick and trying to get people to use their app instead of Apple Mail or Outlook. Is the protocol slow, or is Google throttling it?
- javert 7y agoWell, IMAP works fine, so it's not the protocol.
- Felz 7y agoI don't know about throttling, but later Android versions are known to mess with email notifications. See: https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/issues/3950 https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/issues/3950
- jivings 7y agoHaving just this month implemented an IMAP client I can tell you it's blazingly fast for Gmail & Outlook. It's actually much faster and more efficient than using the Gmail API.
- dbg31415 7y agoI just clocked it at 16 seconds to check for new mail in Apple Mail checking against a Gmail Account on an iPhone SE connected to Google Fiber. It feels pretty slow... Meanwhile, same update vs same account in Outlook took about 6 seconds. And in the Gmail App, about 4 seconds. Not super scientific, just me looking at my watch and opening each app and seeing how long it took to update. So maybe something with Apple Mail?
- jivings 7y agoThe slow part is opening the IMAP connection and authenticating, after that it's fast. I guess it might depend on how these clients are maintaining their connections.
- craftyguy 7y agoIMAP is fine. It's likely your email provider's fault.
- tracker1 7y agoWondering if it could be your isp prioritization being lower because of the not http(s) port.
- y_molodtsov 7y agoGmail has its own sync engine.