Gmail now has IMAP

Bryan · 11-01-2007, 06:26 AM

yup, Google has made IMAP available for GMail. Here are instructions on how to setup IMAP.

http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/...ampaign=102007

ApparentlyNothing · 11-03-2007, 10:54 AM

I've had it going for a while now with Mail. Works pretty good. The only problem is, and I don't know if this is just a thing with Mail and how it interacts with Gmail or if it's just Gmail's implementation of IMAP, when I delete an email, instead of sending it to the trash on the server, it adds a label "Deleted Messages". It also happens with sent messages getting a label "Sent Messages". Meh, still way better than POP.

PatrickStar4491 · 11-03-2007, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ApparentlyNothing

I've had it going for a while now with Mail. Works pretty good. The only problem is, and I don't know if this is just a thing with Mail and how it interacts with Gmail or if it's just Gmail's implementation of IMAP, when I delete an email, instead of sending it to the trash on the server, it adds a label "Deleted Messages". It also happens with sent messages getting a label "Sent Messages". Meh, still way better than POP.

It might be that your client is moving deleted items to a Deleted Messages folder, which Gmail interprets as a label. Same with Sent. I haven't used Gmail's IMAP yet.

ApparentlyNothing · 11-03-2007, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by PatrickStar4491

It might be that your client is moving deleted items to a Deleted Messages folder, which Gmail interprets as a label. Same with Sent. I haven't used Gmail's IMAP yet.

I think you're right about the Trash. I just now noticed that although I do have it set to store deleted messages on the server, I also had it set to send it to my Trash, which must have been why it did what you said. I turned that option off, so we'll see how it goes.

ApparentlyNothing · 11-05-2007, 11:21 AM

I found out today that deleting in Mail just sends the message to the Gmail archive. At least when it was adding labels, I could easily select all the ones I deleted and actually send them to the Gmail trash, so I switched it back.

Bryan · 11-05-2007, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ApparentlyNothing

I found out today that deleting in Mail just sends the message to the Gmail archive. At least when it was adding labels, I could easily select all the ones I deleted and actually send them to the Gmail trash, so I switched it back.

you actually WANT to delete mail?

ApparentlyNothing · 11-05-2007, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan

you actually WANT to delete mail?

Heaven knows how often I want to reminisce about the fact that I got a new friend request on myspace 3 years ago

Bryan · 11-05-2007, 08:52 PM

one day you will be thinking, man, who was that guy who asked to be my friend on myspace 3 years ago. and you will say to yourself, Self, I should have listened to Bryan, that silly Christian Hedonist, and not deleted that mail.

no I know what you mean. I've even started deleting those things and other ads that I get.

Andrew · 11-06-2007, 07:44 AM

I don't delete facebook emails. I label them and ignore them. I like it that way.