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Google: Free IMAP for everyone
You'll need to use the English interface in order to see your IMAP settings. But Google plans to add the option to all languages in the next few weeks.
Why does IMAP matter again? Because unlike POP, IMAP supports back and forth communication between your offline email client and Gmail. If you set up your iPhone, Outlook, or Thunderbird client to read your Gmail using IMAP, every time you read a message it will be marked as read on the web interface. If you delete a message on your desktop, it will be deleted from the web. If you use POP, you'll have to repeat all of those actions twice.
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Subscribe to commentsDave ForsterNov 1st 2007 12:53PM
Well i haven;t got it yet.... and i've tried logging out then in again!
they lie like a cheap japanese watch!
daveNov 1st 2007 12:54PM
Dave - you need to make sure you're language settings are English (US) first, then the imap settings should be there.
Hope this helps.
flowolfNov 1st 2007 12:54PM
you have to select the English (US) language.
English (UK) won't work.
greetz from austria
GriesmeelpapNov 1st 2007 1:37PM
I got it today. First time I made an IMAP account ever. I like the idea of having my mails stored in one place but is it suppose to be that slow. Every time I click a folder in Thunderbird I have to wait 20/30 seconds before it stops loading.
JamesNov 1st 2007 2:00PM
Any clients that we know of support Labels or the Archive function? For that matter, does the IMAP protocol have any way of handling that sort of thing?
TimNov 1st 2007 3:48PM
IMAP makes it REALLY easy to move all of your email from an older account in Outlook or wherever to gmail, all while retaining the date stamps.
No more tools. :)
Steve GoodwinNov 1st 2007 4:21PM
If only Outlook didn't handle IMAP so badly!
prattmicNov 1st 2007 5:04PM
@Griesmeelpap It only does that the first time you open the folder because it is queuing the message titles.
solaceNov 1st 2007 6:18PM
fwiw, IMAP rollout started last week (October 24th to be exact), not 2 weeks ago:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/sync-your-inbox-across-devices-with.html
solaceNov 1st 2007 6:45PM
well i see you guys posted about it at 9pm on 10/23, so sorry, 9 days ago ;)
still not bad for their entire Gmail/Google Apps server cluster/farm
rohanNov 2nd 2007 1:16AM
Really important for people who still don't see the POP/IMAP option in their gmail settings.
I still haven't got the IMAP option in my GMAIL settings view. I got frustrated as my language option was always English.
I just tried accessing my account through IMAP by changing settings in my Thunderbird client. It worked like a charm. I still don't have the IMAP option in my settings but the IMAP works perfectly. So if you are frustrated like me and have been checking the IMAP option to pop up ever since it was announced by Gmail try this.
Dave ForsterNov 2nd 2007 8:33AM
Comments 2 & 3 (flowwolf & dave)... thanks for the advice... i'll give it a go... but i ain't happy about it. does that mean i'll have to change my spelling when i send e-mails e.g.
colour = color
***ise = ***ize
***night = ***nite
neighbour = neighbor
Tomato = toe-may-toe
Potato = Pot-art-toe
ahhhh! there's just too many to mention!
;-)
Paul EastonNov 4th 2007 11:59AM
Works like a charm on Chatter Mail (for Palm Treo). I don't use it with Outlook as Outlook's support of IMAP is horrible. I use Google Apps for personal e-mail and calendar and Outlook for work. I would move work mail to Google Hosted Apps, but Outlook with with Tagolocity gives me better tagging which has become critical to my workflow.
The problem with Google's labels is that it is laborious to apply multiple labels to one e-mail. I don't know why they don't make the Gmail interface for tagging/labels more like Google Bookmarks.
Also, you can't tag/label calendar items, contacts, etc. Don't really need it for personal info, but for work Taglocity has given me a powerful project/matter/client management system that works better for my needs, for less money, than MS Business Contact Manager, and similar CRM and project/task add ons.
Stuart HallidayNov 6th 2007 5:32PM
Why the photon do I have to switch to English US to get this to work? What is wrong with English UK?
Stuart HallidayNov 6th 2007 5:31PM
Nice thing about this imap stuff, is you can add folders to your gmail and upload all your old emails for archiving it all to a folder.
With Thunderbird all I have to do is drag and drop...