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GMail Gets IMAP
Google is working on integrating IMAP support into Gmail, a long-requested feature for those frequently accessing mail from multiple devices. IMAP support docs have suddenly shown up on the GMail site, and some say IMAP support is already active in their accounts. "Don't fret if you don't see 'IMAP Access' yet under the Settings menu," says the company. "We're rolling it out to everyone over the next few days." Apparently, some users are seeing the update if they log out of Gmail and then log back in again.
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tigers
join:2001-01-14
Cullowhee, NC

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Got it here

But haven't had a chance to test it out yet.

I'm very happy about this. I'd say this is probably the #1 most requested gmail feature out there.

NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY

NY Tel

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Re: Got it here

said by tigers:

But haven't had a chance to test it out yet.

I'm very happy about this. I'd say this is probably the #1 most requested gmail feature out there.
Yup, just did mine and it works great.

devrandom
I got a pot, full of random stuff here
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join:2003-06-28

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I just checked and I have it here too. This is great.
Cod2
join:2000-07-05
Kernersville, NC

Cod2

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works well

I set mine up this morning on an iphone, works great.
kgeier827
join:2004-04-05
Westminster, MD

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Re: works well

got it on my iphone too, no more AIM yeah!

XBL2009
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join:2001-01-03
Chicago, IL

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AWESOME!

AWESOME!!!!!

kgeier82
@verizon.net

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Re: AWESOME!

x2... just made my day!

bassthumpa
Premium Member
join:2000-12-26
Austin, TX

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+1, looking forward to it being rolled out to my account!

Kgeier82
@verizon.net

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YEAH

just made my day. THAT WAS THE ONLY DOWNFALL OF gmail!

bye bye aim imap!
MightyPez
join:2002-05-01
Saint Paul, MN

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A dumb question

I'm showing my ignorance, but which would be the preferred mail protocol, IMAP or POP3? My phone supports both and I've been using pop3 for a while. Any worthwhile difference to make me switch?
zentec
join:2002-01-05
Monroe, MI

zentec

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Re: A dumb question

IMAP. The mail stays on the Gmail servers and isn't downloaded to your device taking up space. Plus, it's always sync'd regardless of your access method, messages are consistent with respect to the "seen" flags and you don't have to download that file with the attachment to get to the rest of your mail.

XBL2009
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join:2001-01-03
Chicago, IL

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said by MightyPez:

I'm showing my ignorance, but which would be the preferred mail protocol, IMAP or POP3? My phone supports both and I've been using pop3 for a while. Any worthwhile difference to make me switch?

IMAP keeps all devices you use in sync with your email, plus it will be compatible with the labels you created.


Pop allows one device to download the message and if you check with another device it won't be available.


More Info here: »www1.umn.edu/adcs/guides ··· pop.html
Delirious6
join:2007-04-16
New Gloucester, ME

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Re: A dumb question

With pop3 its possible to set outlook to only retrieve a copy of the message from the gmail servers so i dont see what the big deal is?
zentec
join:2002-01-05
Monroe, MI

zentec

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Re: A dumb question

If you're managing a large number of messages and you can't remember if you responded to an email, it can be a big deal.

If POP work fine for you, there is no reason to change. But IMAP offers the advantage of being able to reset the message flags and keep the messages in one central location.
Delirious6
join:2007-04-16
New Gloucester, ME

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Re: A dumb question

This i didnt know
said by zentec:

If you're managing a large number of messages and you can't remember if you responded to an email, it can be a big deal.

If POP work fine for you, there is no reason to change. But IMAP offers the advantage of being able to reset the message flags and keep the messages in one central location.
also found this

Why choose IMAP rather than POP3 with "leave mail on server"? With POP3 "leave mail on server" only your email messages are on the server, but with IMAP your email folders are also on the server.

tiger72
SexaT duorP
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join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO

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no IMAP, but 4,351MB of space

I don't have IMAP, but my space got doubled...
"You are currently using 352 MB (8%) of your 4351 MB."

I'm trying to decide which is better....

Anyone wanna trade 2GB of storage for IMAP?

pokesph
It Is Almost Fast
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join:2001-06-25
Sacramento, CA

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Re: no IMAP, but 4,351MB of space

said by tiger72:

I don't have IMAP, but my space got doubled...
"You are currently using 352 MB (8%) of your 4351 MB."

I'm trying to decide which is better....

Anyone wanna trade 2GB of storage for IMAP?
no IMAP here yet either but i did beat you in space :P
"You are currently using 353 MB (8%) of your 4355 MB."

Frank_IT
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join:2003-11-01
Montreal

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Re: no IMAP, but 4,351MB of space

said by pokesph:

said by tiger72:

I don't have IMAP, but my space got doubled...
"You are currently using 352 MB (8%) of your 4351 MB."

I'm trying to decide which is better....

Anyone wanna trade 2GB of storage for IMAP?
no IMAP here yet either but i did beat you in space :P
"You are currently using 353 MB (8%) of your 4355 MB."
Beating you :P
"You are currently using 389 MB (8%) of your 4351 MB"
JSM
join:2000-12-20
Falls Church, VA

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Re: no IMAP, but 4,351MB of space

can top that

You are currently using 2731 MB (62%) of your 4358 MB

and the fact that I'm so proud means that I'm a bigger nerd than I every imagined.

Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI

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Works great for me as well! :)

Very nice upgrade! I have IMAP with my hosted email solution with Site5. Now, I am considering moving my email over to Gmail because of IMAP support. Gmail with just POP3 was a big turnoff for me. I like the idea that all the mail is kept on the server by default.

KrazyDawg
join:2001-02-07
San Francisco, CA

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Re: Works great for me as well! :)

I never knew about IMAP before so I can't wait to try this out. Google is the only provider that I know of that let you have free pop3 access and now IMAP.

I have a domain and always used the POP3 option since I didn't know what IMAP was...

»www.unitedhosting.net/su ··· /5.1.php

IMAP has to be always connected in order for you to receive your e-mail while POP3 downloads it and stores it on your computer. Sometimes I need to look up a message while I have no internet access but the advantages of IMAP outweight it's disadvantage.

Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI

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Nightfall

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Re: Works great for me as well! :)

said by KrazyDawg:

I never knew about IMAP before so I can't wait to try this out. Google is the only provider that I know of that let you have free pop3 access and now IMAP.

I have a domain and always used the POP3 option since I didn't know what IMAP was...

»www.unitedhosting.net/su ··· /5.1.php

IMAP has to be always connected in order for you to receive your e-mail while POP3 downloads it and stores it on your computer. Sometimes I need to look up a message while I have no internet access but the advantages of IMAP outweight it's disadvantage.
Since you have your own domain, look at Google Apps. I love my hosted email, but the problem I have is that spam is a pain in the ass and the web interface on my hosted solution sucks. I have looked at Google Apps in the past, but the lack of IMAP was a killer. Now that Google Apps has enabled Imap, I am in the process of moving my email over to them. Its pretty neat and its free for the standard edition which is all you need.

KrazyDawg
join:2001-02-07
San Francisco, CA

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Re: Works great for me as well! :)

I'll have to look into that. Thanks.

Robert
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join:2001-08-25
Miami, FL

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Hosted Apps..

Anyone using Google Mail for their own domain and have IMAP support yet??

fallingrock
join:2000-09-22
Schaumburg, IL

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Re: Hosted Apps..

said by Robert:

Anyone using Google Mail for their own domain and have IMAP support yet??
Not yet ... but I'm hoping.

david

lawnmowerguy2
@hartford.edu

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said by Robert:

Anyone using Google Mail for their own domain and have IMAP support yet??
I do.

rbrussell82
join:2003-04-19
Elgin, IL

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I don't have it yet, but I have it on my personal GMail account. I'm hoping it comes soon for the GMail for domains.
rbrussell82

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Re: Hosted Apps..

They are doing it for the Google Apps for domains. While I don't have it yet, there are a couple accounts on my domain that have it now...I still haven't tried it yet though.

LoveMyITGuy
@bellsouth.net

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I do as well, also got the boost in space 4363MB as of 2-3 mins. ago.

fallingrock
join:2000-09-22
Schaumburg, IL

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said by Robert:

Anyone using Google Mail for their own domain and have IMAP support yet??
IMAP activated on my domain yesterday.

david

skyfreedomdo
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join:2003-01-01
Boise, ID

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14.3GB

No IMAP yet but my space is at 14.3GB
I subscribe to Picasa
kgeier827
join:2004-04-05
Westminster, MD

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Re: 14.3GB

my girlfriends GMAIL doesnt have it up yet

mine does. Thank god google, your now my MAIN email system

kudos to you!

phoneboy3
@shawcable.net

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Wish they would change the size limit.

Now if they could just up that 10MB limit on emails to say 50 or 100MB.

krenim191
join:2001-01-23
Santee, CA

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Member

Re: Wish they would change the size limit.

Actually it's 20 megs.

»mail.google.com/support/ ··· pic=1517

If you send an email to a server that doesn't support anything over 10 - it will bounce back to you.

not2cr8iv
join:2000-08-20
Chantilly, VA

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Wither the context sensitive ads?

Just wondering... how will they display those context sensitive ads Gmail is so famous for if you access via email client instead of the web interface?

lordfly
join:2000-10-12
Homestead, FL

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Member

Pretty easy setup

I downloaded the new version of Thunderbird and followed the instructions. I think I only made a couple of mistakes. All in all, about 5 minutes of setup.

vdiv
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join:2002-03-23
Reston, VA

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Business model

How is Google going to sell and feed ads through IMAP? More SPAM? Ads incorporated in the messages? Start selling your email to the highest bidder?

No thanks!

skeptic2010
@124.6.132.x

skeptic2010

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Re: Business model

And your current email provider doesn't?

vdiv
Premium Member
join:2002-03-23
Reston, VA

vdiv

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Re: Business model

No, my current provider is a non-profit org. -- there are no ads from them.
Storage_Guy
join:2006-04-30
Benton Harbor, MI

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Gmail Blog

»gmailblog.blogspot.com/

The gmail blog talks about them giving users access via IMAP. They are trying to roll it out as fast as possible.
duke2106
join:2000-12-02
Posen, IL

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Gmail IMAP

I don't have it yet, but I'm totally excited to set this up on my computer and my Treo 700p

PolarBear03
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
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join:2005-01-03

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Bad Ass!

IMAP for Gmail is awesome!

I can now set my Windows Mobile 6 phone to check my Gmail and notify me when I have new mail. I never have to manually check my email ever again!

AND, everything I do to my email on my phone is reflected on my Gmail web account. I am in Gmail heaven. All hail thee to the Google Gods.

"We're not worthy! We're not worthy!"


Peetz
@exetel.com.au

Peetz

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Gmail IMAP made my day

Google made my day. The IMAP works great. I tried it with Thunderbird and Apple Mail. I am totally thrilled. For ages, companies like Fastmail and others were charging us exorbitant fees for IMAP with only small storage. Now, I really can envisage having a lifetime's worth of email stored on gmail, accessible no matter what computers I have over the next few decades. Thanks, Google, for not being miserly, like Microsoft etc, by being willing to give us IMAP, even though this form of email does not have the targeted AdWords. Don't worry. We'll be loyal to google search, and also I make use of the webmail as the first point of viewing emails.
MJRudzik
join:2002-01-13
Independence, MO

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wish they weren't requiring ssl

my comcast account will allow me to add imap into the mailbox manager but has no ssl options. my AIMmail allows imap without ssl.

agilityman00
Dogs rule
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join:2004-12-19
Carmel, NY

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How folders work

Imap will work great for a friend of mine that hates conversations. One question though. How does this affect how folders work or labels as they are called in gmail? Like, do you creat folders (labels) in gmail and they will show up in OE?
McStagger
join:2005-01-02
New York, NY

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HTML?

I've recently switched from POP access to IMAP on my home PC, my laptop and my Samsung Blackjack.

The synchronization is nice, but my Blackjack only displays the header of HTML email's...no content.

Is anyone else having this problem?

Any ideas for a solution?

TIA.

McStagger
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