From 17ec4df02a8d1440aac5634b2516555a5f841046 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Bunton <James Bunton jamesbunton@fastmail.fm>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:19:55 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Added check for IDLE in capabilities

---
 offlineimap/imapserver.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/offlineimap/imapserver.py b/offlineimap/imapserver.py
index f295743..c850e99 100644
--- a/offlineimap/imapserver.py
+++ b/offlineimap/imapserver.py
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ class IdleThread(object):
 
     def noop(self):
         imapobj = self.parent.acquireconnection()
-        self.event.wait()
         imapobj.noop()
+        self.event.wait()
         self.parent.releaseconnection(imapobj)
 
     def dosync(self):
@@ -429,7 +429,10 @@ class IdleThread(object):
                     self.needsync = True
                     self.event.set()
             imapobj = self.parent.acquireconnection()
-            imapobj.idle(callback=callback)
+            if "IDLE" in imapobj.capabilities:
+                imapobj.idle(callback=callback)
+            else:
+                imapobj.noop()
             self.event.wait()
             if self.event.isSet():
                 imapobj.noop()
-- 
2.39.2