Apple Mail + Gmail: Switching from POP3 to IMAP


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Hi,

I would like to switch from using my Gmail as an POP3 account to using Gmail as an IMAP account. Currently there are about 6000 mails stored on my PC and I would like to keep those.

What's the best way to make this change? Delete my POP3 account via Preferences -> Accounts and installing the IMAP account or is there another way?

Thanks!

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I've now setup my IMAP Gmail account and everything works perfect. However, my mails do not show up as they did before with POP3? I now constantly have 2 copies: 1 in my inbox (general) and one in all messages. So upon receiving mail it shows 2 (in the dock) whilst I only received 1 mail.

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I've now setup my IMAP Gmail account and everything works perfect. However, my mails do not show up as they did before with POP3? I now constantly have 2 copies: 1 in my inbox (general) and one in all messages. So upon receiving mail it shows 2 (in the dock) whilst I only received 1 mail.

Enable Advanced IMAP Controls in Gmail Labs.

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Then, go to your Labels tab in your Gmail Settings and uncheck "Show in IMAP" next to "All Mail".

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