diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index e986990fd9..1a00e6721b 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -2017,6 +2017,17 @@ Please see [here](https://help.yahoo.com/kb/generate-third-party-passwords-sln15 Please see [this FAQ](#user-content-faq111) about OAuth support. +Note that Yahoo! does not standard support push messages. +The Yahoo! email app uses a proprietary, undocumented protocol for push messages. + +Push messages require [IMAP IDLE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP_IDLE) and the Yahoo! email server does not report IDLE as capability: + +``` +Y1 CAPABILITY +* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 ID MOVE NAMESPACE XYMHIGHESTMODSEQ UIDPLUS LITERAL+ CHILDREN X-MSG-EXT UNSELECT OBJECTID +Y1 OK CAPABILITY completed +``` +