Is thunderbird and gmail a good option to use the digikam mailing list ?

[Chris Green]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 07:14:12AM -0700, Andrey Goreev wrote:
>    I think you need to google for " *your email provider* imap
>    thunderbird".
> 
>    If you added it to Thunderbird using pop3 protocol you can only have
>    scheduled delivery, e.g. every 5 min, 30 min, etc.
> 
>    imap should be able to "push" an email to your Thunderbird whenever a
>    new one comes in.
> 
A standard IMAP server might not have the push extension, it's
apparently really only intended for smartphone use anyway.  

... and does Thunderbird know about IMAP push?

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Chris Green