Ok, I have been suck on it for hours. I thought net/imap.rb with ruby 1.9
supported the idle command, but not yet.
Can anyone help me in implementing that? From
here<http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/50828>,
I though this would work:
class Net::IMAP
def idle
cmd = "IDLE"
synchronize do
tag = generate_tag
put_string(tag + " " + cmd)
put_string(CRLF)
end
end
def done
cmd = "DONE"
synchronize do
put_string(cmd)
put_string(CRLF)
end
end
end
But, when i issue imap.idle, it return true, but i have to press return
twice to get the server response. And there's no notification for new
messages.
?> imap.idle
C: RUBY0005 IDLE
=> true
?>
?> S: + idling
I have a working IDLE method, but it's not handy. Ill post it in a bit.
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On Jul 3, 2009, at 1:16, Abhishiv Saxena <abhishiv@gmail.com> wrote:
Ok, I have been suck on it for hours. I thought net/imap.rb with ruby 1.9
supported the idle command, but not yet.
Can anyone help me in implementing that?
NOTE: There's no need to post to the mailing list and the forum, they both come to the same place.
Try this:
require 'net/imap'
class Net::IMAP
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On Jul 3, 2009, at 01:16, Abhishiv Saxena wrote:
Ok, I have been suck on it for hours. I thought net/imap.rb with ruby 1.9
supported the idle command, but not yet.
Can anyone help me in implementing that?
##
# Sends an IDLE command that waits for notifications of new or expunged
# messages. Yields responses from the server during the IDLE.
#
# Use +break+ in the response handler to leave IDLE.
def idle(&response_handler)
raise LocalJumpError, "no block given" unless response_handler
response = nil
synchronize do
tag = Thread.current[:net_imap_tag] = generate_tag
put_string "#{tag} IDLE#{CRLF}"
add_response_handler response_handler
begin
response = get_tagged_response tag
rescue LocalJumpError # can't break cross-threads or something
ensure
unless response then
put_string "DONE#{CRLF}"
response = get_tagged_response tag
end
remove_response_handler response_handler
end
end
response
end
end
Eric, Thanks a lot that works like a charm.
imap.idle { |resp|
puts "Mailbox now has #{resp.data} messages"
}
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Careful, you'll get both EXIST and EXPUNGE responses, so be sure to subtract when appropriate. Also note that EXPUNGE shifts all your recorded UIDs down by one. See RFC 3501 for all the crazy details 
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On Jul 3, 2009, at 14:19, Abhishiv Saxena <abhishiv@gmail.com> wrote:
Eric, Thanks a lot that works like a charm.
imap.idle { |resp|
puts "Mailbox now has #{resp.data} messages"
}