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@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ Retention period (in days), after which messages are removed from the
IMAP server. (The value is at best 24h accurate due to IMAP SEARCH
criterion ignoring time and timezone.)
If \fIpurge\-after\fR is set to \(lq0\(rq then messages are deleted
-immediately after delivery.
+immediately after delivery. Otherwise \fBPullIMAP\fR issues an IMAP
+SEARCH command to list old messages; if \fB\-\-idle\fR is set then the
+SEARCH command is issued again every 6 hours.
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