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imap-idle-keep-connection
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use node-imap to connect to an imap server. Keep connection alive at all costs and only emit mail event.
use node-imap to connect to an imap server and handle all errors. Only emit mail event
Usage example:
const ImapIdleKeepConnection = require('imap-idle-keep-connection');
const imapConnection = new ImapIdleKeepConnection({
user: MailUser,
password: MailPassword,
xoauth2: token, //alternative: supply xoauth2 token instead of password. You'll have to obtain the token yourself.
host: MailServer,
port: MailServerPort,
tls: true, //use TLS or not
//optional log methods. By default errors are logged to console and nothing else:
log: () => {},
debug: () => {},
error: () => {},
// keepalive:
interval: 10000, //default 10000ms - NOOPs are send & idleInterval is checked,
idleInterval: 120000, //default 120000ms - interval at which IDLE command is resend
forceNoop: false //default: false - force use of NOOP keepalice on servers also support IDLE
});
imapConnection.on('mail', (imap, numNewMessages) => {
console.log('yay, got new mail!');
//use imap, which is a node-imap instance to maybe receive mail.
});
imapConnection.on('need-authentication', () => {
console.log('Authentication failed. Won\'t retry. Get new token (maybe, if oauth) and start again.');
//need to create new object with new credentials in this case!
imapConnection.endWatch();
});
imapConnection.on('error', error => {
console.log('Something went horribly wrong...', error);
});
0.4.2 (2025-02-27)
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use node-imap to connect to an imap server. Keep connection alive at all costs and only emit mail event.
The npm package imap-idle-keep-connection receives a total of 25 weekly downloads. As such, imap-idle-keep-connection popularity was classified as not popular.
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