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by jsz0 6196 days ago
Has it been entirely proven that the iPhone only checks IMAP accounts on a 15 minute interval? I've never stop watched it but I feel like it's much shorter. I've seem some speculation that it depends on wifi vs. 3G connectivity. It seems to me that messages show up in my desktop client (IMAP-IDLE aware) only a few minutes before they hit my iPhone. My gut feeling is the iPhone is probably 3 or 4 minutes behind my desktop client (IMAP-IDLE aware) Has anyone been able to confirm or deny the 15 minute interval or is it just my imagination and poor sense of time?

(I do have a separate MobileMe e-mail account account as well. Perhaps it changes the IMAP intervals system wide?)