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IMAP fail example snippet
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not_working_imap_idle.rb
require 'net/imap'
# snippet
@imap = Net::IMAP.new('imap.gmail.com', :port => 993, :ssl => true)
@imap.login('username@gmail.com', 'password')
@imap.select('INBOX')
idler = Thread.start {
@imap.idle {|response| puts response}
}
sleep 10
puts "Triggering idle_done"
@imap.idle_done
puts "Done idling" # never gets here
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working_imap_idle.rb
require 'net/imap'
# snippet
@imap = Net::IMAP.new('imap.gmail.com', :port => 993, :ssl => true)
@imap.login('username@gmail.com', 'password')
@imap.select('INBOX')
idler = Thread.start {
@imap.idle {|response| puts response; idle_done}
}
sleep
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