(This bug imported from BugSplat, Netscape's internal bugsystem. It was known there as bug #334286 http://scopus.netscape.com/bugsplat/show_bug.cgi?id=334286 Imported into Bugzilla on 02/04/99 16:49) The mail notification client sets up and tears down an IMAP connection every poll interval. This leads to poor server performance, as connection setup is expensive.

I think it's somewhat unlikely that nsnotify will be enhanced much in 5.0, but I'll leave it open just in case.

I think nsnotify relies a bit on Communicator so we might need to either make 5.0 do the things that 4.x did for nsnotify, or change nsnotify. I don't remember the exact details, but the winfe was setting IMAP uid highwater marks and things in a way that nsnotify knew how to look for (the registry? I can't remember - it was one of those late night the night before we're supposed to ship conversations with John)

Yes, there needs to be a decision whether or not nsnotify.exe: 1) will be in Netscape branded mozilla.org 2) if so, will it be enhanced to work with the new features and code (Also, is this bug really talking about nsnotify.exe? Look like it was reported against Solaris which doesn't have nsnotify.)

The platform field in bugsplat #334286 was erroneous.

Putting on [Perf] radar.

Sounds like an IMAP protocol issue. We should also have a high-level design for nsnotify based on the new Seamonkey code for prefs, protocol, etc.

Leaving without target for now since nsnotify's future is unclear.

nsnotify was recently put on the "OUT" list. Moving nug to Resolved/Won't Fix. phil, if agreed, please mark Verified.

I vote for Later rather than Wontfix. NsNotify could certainly resurface in a later rev if it's important.

verified as later.

Moving all Mail/News Networking bugs to Mail/News Networking-Mail This may re-open previously Verified bugs due to a Bugzilla bug...if so, I will fix those bugs.

nsnotify or "MozNotify" would be a VERY useful feature for the user. I kindly request that you try to implement this valuable feature in mozilla0.8. Everyone will appreciate being notified when new mail has arrived, even if mozilla is not running or if it is minimized or behind another app.

LATER is deprecated per bug 35839.

WONTFIXing, since nsnotify is long dead and both SeaMonkey and Thunderbird support various notifications, so "minimized" or "behind another app" are no issues. (SM trunk can even biff without running an actual mailnews window.)