4 ms·
It's like that because mobile clients need cooperation from the server to have push notifications, and you can't have IMAP servers cooperate in that regard :-)
by f233f2 3y ago
It's like that because mobile clients need cooperation from the server to have push notifications, and you can't have IMAP servers cooperate in that regard :-) so the outlook servers fetch the mail for you and then send you the notifications.
I wouldn't have microsoft read my email either, of course. Thankfully in windows you have dozens of clients to choose from.
- nerdjon 3y agoSo you poll instead of getting a push? Thats what my phone does. I could have seen the value of this 10-15 years ago but I don’t see the point now. It isn’t like this would magically get rid of the delay either, their servers still have to poll before they can send you that notification.
- f233f2 3y agoYou can't realiably poll from a mobile phone. Your app may not be allowed to execute any code, let alone make a network request for hours, or maybe forever.