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Re:Google Disabling Exchange Sync for Free Accounts by Bud on Saturday December 15, 2012 @04:06PM (#4926327)
No, it's not the only way to get true push email/events. IMAP gives you true push as well. So just use IMAP.
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Re:Google Disabling Exchange Sync for Free Accounts by el_cuadrado on Saturday December 15, 2012 @04:33PM (#4926396)
I am sorry, but this is not true. IMAP as a protocol does not support push notifications. There are extension for IMAP that supports push, but they are not widely supported.
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