Comments on: GMail’s IMAP feature: first impressions (screenshots)

By: No Way

No Way — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:47:04 +0000

re: folders are not indicating new e-mail in folders other than inbox. Thunderbird has this setting somewhat hidden… One can wonder why, plain stupidity? Or because TB seems to become unstable sometimes using this setting… I don’t know.

open config editor in TB, locate mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new and change to true. restart TB. If Gmail (which I have not tested) support IMAP IDLE you should now see *instantly* when messages arrives to your different folders.

By: Rino Mardo

Rino Mardo — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:35:17 +0000

Great post bro.

To everyone using Thunderbird and having this issue with [Gmail]/Trash and such, check this link from Lifehacker:

http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/turn-thunderbird-into-the-ultimate-gmail-imap-client-314574.php

By: Dennison Uy - Graphic Designer

Dennison Uy - Graphic Designer — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:28:38 +0000

Hey Neil! You can definitely use Outlook 2007 with GMail but you have to select the IMAP and not POP3. There is a step-by-step guide available from the official site here: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77689

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:25:18 +0000

I’ve been using Outlook 2007 with a default POP setting . I dunno how to set an IMAP account via Outlook (or perhaps I overlooked it).

Why Outlook 2007? The interface’s nice.

By: Dennison Uy - Graphic Designer

Dennison Uy - Graphic Designer — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:33:03 +0000

Hi Marie! Yes, your labels were mapped into folders.

Every time your mail reader (Apple Mail) synchronizes with Gmail what it does is it downloads the headers and other metadata but not the body itself. The entire e-mail is downloaded only when you preview or view the actual contents of the mail, so it doesn’t actually eat a lot of space until you download the entire e-mail.

IMAP is cool because we don’t really need to worry too much disk space because most e-mail readers will store IMAP data in its temporary cache. You can clear this out anytime you want, freeing up space. The next time you open your email reader it will re-download all the headers and you can choose which e-mails to fully download.

I agree with you it would be awesome if we could download and manage our GMail address books as well. IMAP should be capable of doing this, but it looks like it is not implemented on GMail.

Google keeps coming up with stuff one after the other. The latest buzz is the up and coming OpenSocial which allows developers to rapidly develop applications that integrate with other social networks. I just hope this won’t be another disappointment.

By: Marie Casas

Marie Casas — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:43:05 +0000

Oooh… nice graphics showing which folder goes to what. I tried it today using Apple Mail on my JP’s Macbook and I saw my labels mapped onto folders, right? It seemed all my mail was downloaded (?). My messages that are grouped together on gmail web became separate messages which made my Inbox in Apple Mail a total mess.
I don’t know how IMAP works but I freaked out when I saw a whole lot of subject headers. I just prayed it didn’t actually download and eat up memory. Apparently, like you say, it doesn’t. Whew.
I would’ve liked it if there’s an easier way to integrate my contacts from gmail onto a local application. I hate how CSV files don’t always map the right info.
Yeah, I like the gmail interface fine.

By: Dennison Uy - Graphic Designer

Dennison Uy - Graphic Designer — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:59:33 +0000

Thanks myckle! I like the title of your blog “Yeah, Write!” I think it’s very catchy!

By: myckle

myckle — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:43:13 +0000

i like ur blog…