Limit Number of IMAP connections to Mail Server ...?

LOL - you are clearly clueless forum troll. Let's see - it makes WAY more sense to have islands of discussions on similar topics rather than to collect relevant and related information in a smaller set of threads- ya shure you betcha. You're the kind of person who thinks it's best to open multiple trouble tickets for the exact same issue. The only wate of space is this little meaningless discussion we're having right now...and it's now over. Get a life brah...

I know this is an old thread, but for those that follow....

For an answer to this, try (long version):

http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/warning-your-iphone-or-mac-mail-may-be-killing-y our-website/

or (short version):

http://support.hostgator.com/articles/specialized-help/email/setting-up-email-fo r-the-apple-iphone

Too Many Connections - 500 Errors?

On the iPhone there is a function called "push," and when it is enabled it keeps the connection to our server open and continually checks mail. Consequently, this creates many IMAP processes and eventually conflicts with our Terms of Service.

To avoid running excessive IMAP processes, you can disable push when you don't need it.

1. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data.
2. Toggle Push to Off.

Now, instead of retrieving emails continuously as they arrive, your iPhone will use the global Fetch setting to retrieve emails manually or at intervals.

This solved my equivalent issue with Hostgator and my wife's iPhone...

same problem here too. 3 of us share 1 imap email address in the office and now we have iphones etc too using push we're having problems connecting ;-(

Is there a way to use Apple Script / Automator to help the situation? I don't know where to start but thought maybe it might be an option? Any thoughts?

Hi thevans,

As I said before and according to my experience as TI manager it's easy to manage the problem in the server side using firewall scripts.

You're right Timoto. I think I misread the original post. This would be the solution for the IDLE command not working anymore.

Thanks for straightening this out!

Can anyone suggest a good alternative to using a shared host's e-mail services?

I saw rackspace-email for $2/month.

What do you guys use?

iKlive Networks (http://iklive.org), custom hosting plans for everyone.

Direct costumer service.

The IMAP works fine with OSX/iOS clients no limitations taking websites down.

@BjorkLennon,

I have several clients who use the paid Gmail services and it's pretty solid, although it can get expensive if you have a lot of users.

@iTCB13

Thanks for the tip. I will check it out.

Just adding my name here as someone with the same problem. Perhaps Apple needs more people to say it's a problem before they fix it.

Hmmm interesting - I see several posts that are as recent as 4-5 months ago. Regardless, you care why???

Waste of space, start a new post rather than digging up old ones.