Node-red-node-email ignoring IMAP IDLE

[tiffchros]

Which node are you reporting and issue on?

node-red-node-email email-in

What are the steps to reproduce?

Connect to an IMAP server.

What happens?

Mails are pulled after a given timeout.

What did you expect to happen?

Connection to IMAP server stays open and is checked after the timeout. If it is closed, reopen it and wait via IDLE for new incoming emails. New mails should trigger the flow immediately.

Example flow

paste your flow here

Environment

• Node-RED version: v4.1.0
• Node.js version: v20.19.4
• npm version: 10.8.2
• Platform/OS: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
• Browser: Firefox 142.0.1 (64-Bit)

[hardillb]

This feels more like a feature request, than a bug report. We normally ask that feature requests are made on Slack or the Discourse forum first so they can be discussed with a larger audience than just the core group.

I've had a quick look at the code and it would be a pretty major change, but if you are able please feel free to raise a pull request with the changes and we can look at it.

[tiffchros]

See discussion here: https://discourse.nodered.org/t/varying-the-frequency-of-imap-connections-email-node/7399/6

[tiffchros]

Pull request: #1122

[tiffchros]

I noticed (Email in v5.2.0), that if you set your criteria via input message and then a reconnect happens (e.g. 24 h forced disconnect of provider), the criteria is falling back to [UNSEEN] until the next triggering input message arrives.
I fixed it with #1125.

[dceejay]

Closing as this is fixed by PR #1122 and PR #1125