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Gmail flips the switch on IMAP support
Our country cousins at Download Squad have picked up the scent of a major change over Gmail way: support for IMAP access to Google's multigigabyte free email service appears to be up and running as of tonight (possibly not yet turned on for all accounts; check your settings to be sure). What this means for Mac users: better support for Gmail within Mail.app, Thunderbird and Entourage. For iPhone users: a way better Gmail experience over the previous POP or web client approaches -- Gmail has even posted handy setup instructions for you. First step: Don't choose the Gmail setup button, choose "Other..." instead. (Yes, they know, they're working on it.)
If you use Gmail and want to fire it up in IMAP on your iPhone, by all means let us know how it goes.
Thanks Chris
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
Joseph Blossom said 10:05PM on 10-23-2007
No imap support for my account yet. I wonder how they go about choosing people for these things.
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LittleJoe said 10:09PM on 10-23-2007
:-( the imap feature isn't available in my gmail settings yet.
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oshawapilot said 10:12PM on 10-23-2007
Ditto here - no IMAP goodness on my account either.. (sigh)
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cory said 10:15PM on 10-23-2007
I set it up on my iPhone and Mail earlier today. It's working extremely well... very, very fast! I have been waiting on this feature in GMail for years now, and this feature works really well. It seems a bit slow in Mail on Tiger, but hey, it's FREE and over 4 GBs of storage!!
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Brian said 10:15PM on 10-23-2007
Has anyone ever found a way to switch from a POP account to a IMAP account without losing all the mail? Even when it's the same address.
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Alan said 10:22PM on 10-23-2007
yea same here....
no IMAP support here yet....
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Clancy said 10:24PM on 10-23-2007
Hell Yeah! mine works.
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Michael Rose said 10:26PM on 10-23-2007
http://myskitch.com/mike/gmail_-_inbox__1990_-20071023-222113/
IMAP ftw...
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Artin Assadourian said 10:27PM on 10-23-2007
I have it!! I just configured Mail but just after it "downloaded" every single email on my gmail.. it crashed.. and it won't stop crashing when opening.. damn it!
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David L. said 10:28PM on 10-23-2007
one of my gmail account has it, and it works like a charm!
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oshawapilot said 10:31PM on 10-23-2007
(....waits patiently in front of Macbook, clicking on "Settings" link in Gmail account repeatedly.)
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Cycomachead said 10:32PM on 10-23-2007
Not to mention the increase to over 4GB! Mine is @ 4334, but alas no IMAP support.
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byaah said 10:36PM on 10-23-2007
@11
Same here =(
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JXG said 10:37PM on 10-23-2007
it works on my account. thanks for the update tuaw and download squad!
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pablo said 10:38PM on 10-23-2007
it's good on mine. frakkin' sweet.
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Alex said 10:40PM on 10-23-2007
No IMAP here either! ;(
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Basheer said 10:47PM on 10-23-2007
Anyone know if this will become availabe for Google-Hosted-Domain email anytime soon?
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Squuiid said 10:49PM on 10-23-2007
No imap for me either. :-(
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George Muenz said 10:51PM on 10-23-2007
Works for me. Loading of messages a bit slow.
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Scott said 10:54PM on 10-23-2007
works on mine and its probably the greatest thing ever.
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