It appears that Google is working on integrating IMAP into Gmail. Download Squad reader eD! Thomas sent in a tip letting us know he came across the new IMAP setting while snooping around Gmail. However, it is only appearing in select few Gmail and Google Apps for domains accounts at the moment.
When we checked Gmail Help database this evening, Gmail had said that they support POP, but not IMAP. Then a few minutes later, that doc was gone, and a stack of IMAP related help docs were up. The new pages explain how to integrate the new mail feature. It's as easy as setting up POP, but with huge benefits.
When we checked Gmail Help database this evening, Gmail had said that they support POP, but not IMAP. Then a few minutes later, that doc was gone, and a stack of IMAP related help docs were up. The new pages explain how to integrate the new mail feature. It's as easy as setting up POP, but with huge benefits.
Why is IMAP integration a good thing for Gmail? POP was a stepping stone, but IMAP pushes Gmails benefits over the top. With IMAP, users can now access their email via a desktop application like Outlook or Thunderbird, read emails, make changes, delete, and have the changes made across platforms. So if you now log into your Gmail account, the message which you read in Thunderbird, will now be marked accordingly. No more wasting time trying to sift through emails that had already been answered.
Take a peek under your Settings in Gmail, and click into your 'Forwarding and POP IMAP' tab to see if you are one of the lucky ones who got IMAP first.
UPDATE: Some users are reporting that if they log out and back into Gmail accounts, IMAP settings are showing up! There is hope! Dont worry if you IMAP isn't appearing in your account, Google will be rolling it out to everyone over the next few days.
News source: Download Squad
My question is, why does google's SMTP have so many ports?
smtp.gmail.com 25/467/587
Which port should I be using?
not necessarily, you don't have to delete mails because you download it from a pop3 server.
This is abotu the only thing I can get peopel to mention as an advantage with imap, and I duno it could have been a server issue but when I used imap on my uni, it was horribly painfully slow and caused my entire computer to slow down as it rrefreshed.
I download my pop3 mail to at least 2 computers and leave it on the server with either the delete on delete setting or delete after 30-50 days.
not necessarily, you don't have to delete mails because you download it from a pop3 server.
This is abotu the only thing I can get peopel to mention as an advantage with imap, and I duno it could have been a server issue but when I used imap on my uni, it was horribly painfully slow and caused my entire computer to slow down as it rrefreshed.
I download my pop3 mail to at least 2 computers and leave it on the server with either the delete on delete setting or delete after 30-50 days.
Folders?
Infinite time before your messages get deleted?
These are advantages.
Am I misunderstanding something here?
IMAP on the other works by syncronizing your app with the server, so when you delete a messenge it will be deleted on the server, when you reply it will be on the server, in essence is an extension of the server. So if you're not home and need to access trough a webrowser you will find every email as you left it on the OSX app.
more information on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP
In your POP configuration settings in your Gmail account, make sure that
2. When messages are accessed with POP is set to keep Gmail's copy in the Inbox. Probably what happen is that your mail are automatically archived when they are retrieved from your Inbox or completely delete them as they are downloaded.
I'm so gonna use Thunderbird when IMAP is ready on my account.
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