Link here.
GMail (or GoogleMail as I suppose it ought to be called now, at least in the UK) supports IMAP. It will be interesting to see how PocoMail gets on with it. I've not tried it.
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The Internet Message Access Protocol, Version 4rev1 (IMAP4rev1) allows a client to access and manipulate electronic mail messages on a server. IMAP4rev1 permits manipulation of mailboxes (remote message folders) in a way that is functionally equivalent to local folders. IMAP4rev1 also provides the capability for an offline client to resynchronize with the server.
IMAP4rev1 includes operations for creating, deleting, and renaming mailboxes, checking for new messages, permanently removing messages, setting and clearing flags, RFC 2822 and RFC 2045 parsing, searching, and selective fetching of message attributes, texts, and portions thereof. Messages in IMAP4rev1 are accessed by the use of numbers.
Kevin Tea wrote:Robin
Thanks for the explanation, I think I will apporach IMAP with a wary mind and slow step
Of course we all understand that Google really have only one aim - advertise to you as much as possible - therefore it's no real surprise that they'll retain as much information as possible!One thing I noticed is Gmail's IMAP, like POP it operates by Gmail's rules not RFC rules.
You're welcome or as it's said here walang anumang.robin wrote:Thanks for the research Chris.
That's the truth as it says in Google's Trash folder when empty, "No conversations in the Trash. Who needs to delete when you have over 2000 MB of storage?!" or in All Mail "You don't have any mail! Our servers are feeling unloved."Of course we all understand that Google really have only one aim - advertise to you as much as possible - therefore it's no real surprise that they'll retain as much information as possible!
bitman wrote:Is this quote still true?
"There has been no real improvement in the handling of IMAP. Sent email still gets stored locally. You cannot filter on IMAP folders. The only "improvement" that was made is that you can now have six folders online at one time instead of three. Of course if you have 22 IMAP folders as I do, having only 6 online at a time is still a joke. "
Of course if you have 22 IMAP folders as I do, having only 6 online at a time is still a joke.
Kevin Tea wrote:Of course if you have 22 IMAP folders as I do, having only 6 online at a time is still a joke.
I think that's just showing off![]()
I now have IMAP enabled after returning from UK English to US English (maybe Gmail only likes its folders in gray not grey or other colours - sorry colors) and I have configured my desktop and PDA email clients and I await to see how this will revolutionise my life.
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