@ -1384,9 +1384,10 @@ If you are comparing the battery usage of FairEmail with another email client, p
For example comparing always sync (push messages) and (infrequent) periodic checking for new messages is not a fair comparison.
Reconnecting to an email server will use extra battery power, so an unstable internet connection will result in extra battery usage.
In this case you might want to synchronize periodically, for example each hour, instead of continuously.
Also, some email servers prematurely terminate idle connections, while [the standard](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2177) says that an idle connection should be kept open for 29 minutes.
In these cases you might want to synchronize periodically, for example each hour, instead of continuously.
Note that polling frequently (more than every 30-60 minutes) will likely use more battery power than synchronizing always
because connecting to the server and comparing the local and remotes messages are expensive operations.
because connecting to the server and comparing the local and remote messages are expensive operations.
[On some devices](https://dontkillmyapp.com/) it is necessary to *disable* battery optimizations (setup step 4) to keep connections to email servers open.