Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
POP:
- offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
to your computer
- always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
mail
- only downloads your messages -- not your labels
- good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
don't want two-way synchronization
IMAP:
- offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
web!
- save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
whole messages to work offline
- your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
stay organized
- provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
- great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
email client you're using
- a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
right for you, you can always switch.
> Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
> decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
> POP:
> - offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
> to your computer
> - always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
> mail
> - only downloads your messages -- not your labels
> - good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
> don't want two-way synchronization
> IMAP:
> - offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
> read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
> web!
> - save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
> whole messages to work offline
> - your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
> stay organized
> - provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
> - great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
> devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
> email client you're using
> - a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
> Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
> right for you, you can always switch.
I'd love to use IMAP for outlook, but it slows everything to a
crawl.
I don't believe it's outlook as I've done the typical things to
streamline it - disabled add-ins, disabled rss feeds, etc. i'm not
using exchange, purely gmail. i don't really have folders, and use
primarily my inbox and sent folder. even so getting the headers, and
updating the cache can take forever... i had 50-60k emails in my all
mail folder, and 30k in my inbox folder... i tried unsubscribing to
all-mail, and things are still slow. i'm also using my full email
address with @gmail.com as another user mentioned it would speed
things up.
still, it's next to unusable right now. pop seems fine.
> Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
> decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
> POP:
> - offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
> to your computer
> - always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
> mail
> - only downloads your messages -- not your labels
> - good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
> don't want two-way synchronization
> IMAP:
> - offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
> read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
> web!
> - save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
> whole messages to work offline
> - your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
> stay organized
> - provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
> - great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
> devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
> email client you're using
> - a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
> Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
> right for you, you can always switch.
Hi
I had configured my Outlook Express with IMAP but i'm not exactly
happy about it. So i switched back to POP but i get a message
saying,"ur account is not enabled for IMAP use".
I switched to POP by disabling IMAP and configuring for POP. Can u
guide me and say if this was correct or i shud do it any other way.
> Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
> decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
> POP:
> - offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
> to your computer
> - always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
> mail
> - only downloads your messages -- not your labels
> - good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
> don't want two-way synchronization
> IMAP:
> - offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
> read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
> web!
> - save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
> whole messages to work offline
> - your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
> stay organized
> - provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
> - great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
> devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
> email client you're using
> - a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
> Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
> right for you, you can always switch.
I am trying to set my Outlook for use with Gmail, e.g., when I try to
send or ask MrModem a question, his address always goes to Outlook,
but it seems than any message I send to his web site goes to Outlook
from which I cannot send it out. ?The message sets in Outlook and even
though I click on 'Send' it always goes to the out box of Outlook and
sits there not going anywhere. Anyone else had this problem with
Outlook??
> Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
> decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
> POP:
> - offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
> to your computer
> - always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
> mail
> - only downloads your messages -- not your labels
> - good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
> don't want two-way synchronization
> IMAP:
> - offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
> read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
> web!
> - save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
> whole messages to work offline
> - your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
> stay organized
> - provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
> - great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
> devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
> email client you're using
> - a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
> Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
> right for you, you can always switch.
> I'd love to use IMAP for outlook, but it slows everything to a
> crawl.
> I don't believe it's outlook as I've done the typical things to
> streamline it - disabled add-ins, disabled rss feeds, etc. i'm not
> using exchange, purely gmail. i don't really have folders, and use
> primarily my inbox and sent folder. even so getting the headers, and
> updating the cache can take forever... i had 50-60k emails in my all
> mail folder, and 30k in my inbox folder... i tried unsubscribing to
> all-mail, and things are still slow. i'm also using my full email
> address with @gmail.com as another user mentioned it would speed
> things up.
> still, it's next to unusable right now. pop seems fine.
> any help would be fantastic.
> Lon
> On Mar 19, 2:31 pm, Gmail Guide Yellow wrote:
> > Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
> > decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
> > POP:
> > - offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
> > to your computer
> > - always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
> > mail
> > - only downloads your messages -- not your labels
> > - good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
> > don't want two-way synchronization
> > IMAP:
> > - offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
> > read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
> > web!
> > - save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
> > whole messages to work offline
> > - your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
> > stay organized
> > - provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
> > - great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
> > devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
> > email client you're using
> > - a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
> > Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
> > right for you, you can always switch.- Hide quoted text -
Use IMAP on Gmail very carefully.
Gmail has admitted that there is a bug in their implementation of IMAP
that can cause delays in delivering email of up to 12 hours. They have
stated in this group that they are aware of and working on the issue,
but this was weeks ago and there is no projected timeline for a fix!
for me.. personally i prefer POP.
right now i'm using IMAP, and i can't even configure the smtp.
reason is because i'm google apps. if any kind souls wish to help me,
plz reply me.
SMTP is the same whether you get your mail with POP or IMAP.
I accept that, if Google says so, there may be a problem with delivery
delay, but I have never seen it.
Most of the problems Gimap had when it rolled out have been resolved,
so I recommend it if you access your Gmail account from more than one
computer, or from both the web and an e-mail client.
> for me.. personally i prefer POP.
> right now i'm using IMAP, and i can't even configure the smtp.
> reason is because i'm google apps. if any kind souls wish to help me,
> plz reply me.
> I'd love to use IMAP for outlook, but it slows everything to a
> crawl.
Not here.
> I don't believe it's outlook as I've done the typical things to
> streamline it - disabled add-ins, disabled rss feeds, etc. i'm not
> using exchange, purely gmail. i don't really have folders, and use
> primarily my inbox and sent folder. even so getting the headers, and
> updating the cache can take forever... i had 50-60k emails in my all
> mail folder, and 30k in my inbox folder...
I have 25k messages in "all mails" and no performance problems. Why do
you have 30k mails in you inbox? Have you ever considered labels? I
defined some labels that help me sorting my mails. Mails that are in
my inbox are mails that I still want to answer or that I haven't read
yet. By now these are 33 mails. All other mails are having labels.
> still, it's next to unusable right now. pop seems fine.
> any help would be fantastic.
Do you ever have considered using thunderbird? I'm using gmail with
apple mail, thunderbird and entourage. Thunderbird is the fastest.
Entourage is the slowest. Maybe entourage and exchange are using the
same codebasis? (Both are made by Microsoft)
> SMTP is the same whether you get your mail with POP or IMAP.
> I accept that, if Google says so, there may be a problem with delivery
> delay, but I have never seen it.
> Most of the problems Gimap had when it rolled out have been resolved,
> so I recommend it if you access your Gmail account from more than one
> computer, or from both the web and an e-mail client.
> On Mar 31, 1:32 pm, Keith.Y wrote:
> > for me.. personally i prefer POP.
> > right now i'm using IMAP, and i can't even configure the smtp.
> > reason is because i'm google apps. if any kind souls wish to help me,
> > plz reply me.
Sorry to say, but POP account for gmail sucks big time. Everytiome I
download mails on my mail client (outlook express), the mails still
happen to remain in the inbox on the server. I have to manually delete
the mails from the inbox by logging to my account on gmail on the
server.
I mean i never expected gmail service to be so pathetic and this been
happening since like 15 days now. What is wrong out here and what is
wrong with you people praising the service. I agreee its a free
service but then google earns far more then expected from the ads and
more to provide a better service. This is now going way below the
f**** expectation.
DOES GMAIL HAVE ANY REPLY TO THIS QUERY? I hope the gmail manager
replies to my query.
> > I'd love to use IMAP for outlook, but it slows everything to a
> > crawl.
> > I don't believe it's outlook as I've done the typical things to
> > streamline it - disabled add-ins, disabled rss feeds, etc. i'm not
> > using exchange, purely gmail. i don't really have folders, and use
> > primarily my inbox and sent folder. even so getting the headers, and
> > updating the cache can take forever... i had 50-60k emails in my all
> > mail folder, and 30k in my inbox folder... i tried unsubscribing to
> > all-mail, and things are still slow. i'm also using my full email
> > address with @gmail.com as another user mentioned it would speed
> > things up.
> > still, it's next to unusable right now. pop seems fine.
> > any help would be fantastic.
> > Lon
> > On Mar 19, 2:31 pm, Gmail Guide Yellow wrote:
> > > Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
> > > decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
> > > POP:
> > > - offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
> > > to your computer
> > > - always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
> > > mail
> > > - only downloads your messages -- not your labels
> > > - good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
> > > don't want two-way synchronization
> > > IMAP:
> > > - offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
> > > read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
> > > web!
> > > - save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
> > > whole messages to work offline
> > > - your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
> > > stay organized
> > > - provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
> > > - great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
> > > devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
> > > email client you're using
> > > - a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
> > > Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
> > > right for you, you can always switch.- Hide quoted text -
> Sorry to say, but POP account for gmail sucks big time. Everytiome I
> download mails on my mail client (outlook express), the mails still
> happen to remain in the inbox on the server. I have to manually delete
> the mails from the inbox by logging to my account on gmail on the
> server.
> I mean i never expected gmail service to be so pathetic and this been
> happening since like 15 days now. What is wrong out here and what is
> wrong with you people praising the service. I agreee its a free
> service but then google earns far more then expected from the ads and
> more to provide a better service. This is now going way below the
> f**** expectation.
> DOES GMAIL HAVE ANY REPLY TO THIS QUERY? I hope the gmail manager
> replies to my query.
ThunderBird is excellent. I use it to access mail from
Aim,Yahoo,Msn,Google and Mail.com. Nice System Tray popup for all
mail notifications and the capability to reply/forward messages in any
direction using any Email address Alias that I have without the 'sent
by on behalf of' that Gmail insists on using.
> > > I'd love to use IMAP for outlook, but it slows everything to a
> > > crawl.
> > > I don't believe it's outlook as I've done the typical things to
> > > streamline it - disabled add-ins, disabled rss feeds, etc. i'm not
> > > using exchange, purely gmail. i don't really have folders, and use
> > > primarily my inbox and sent folder. even so getting the headers, and
> > > updating the cache can take forever... i had 50-60k emails in my all
> > > mail folder, and 30k in my inbox folder... i tried unsubscribing to
> > > all-mail, and things are still slow. i'm also using my full email
> > > address with @gmail.com as another user mentioned it would speed
> > > things up.
> > > still, it's next to unusable right now. pop seems fine.
> > > any help would be fantastic.
> > > Lon
> > > On Mar 19, 2:31 pm, Gmail Guide Yellow wrote:
> > > > Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
> > > > decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
> > > > POP:
> > > > - offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
> > > > to your computer
> > > > - always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
> > > > mail
> > > > - only downloads your messages -- not your labels
> > > > - good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
> > > > don't want two-way synchronization
> > > > IMAP:
> > > > - offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
> > > > read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
> > > > web!
> > > > - save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
> > > > whole messages to work offline
> > > > - your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
> > > > stay organized
> > > > - provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
> > > > - great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
> > > > devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
> > > > email client you're using
> > > > - a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
> > > > Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
> > > > right for you, you can always switch.- Hide quoted text -
I use linux and openoffice with gmail. I also use gmail with TBird.
I do NOT get the "sent on behalf of" message on my sent mail.
So far as I know, only Outlook (or some other M$ users) get
that. So why is that a gmail problem???? As to why TBird is
"better"; gmail has the best filtering of any email service I use,
and TBird tends to be faster and perhaps a little more intuitive.
> ThunderBird is excellent. I use it to access mail from
> Aim,Yahoo,Msn,Google and Mail.com. Nice System Tray popup for all
> mail notifications and the capability to reply/forward messages in any
> direction using any Email address Alias that I have without the 'sent
> by on behalf of' that Gmail insists on using.
> On Apr 5, 1:55 am, recommend3 wrote:
> > why thunderbird,why is it better
> > On Mar 28, 2:40 am, esjohnson wrote:
> > > Try using Thunderbird, I simply love using it
> > > On Mar 21, 9:15 am, Lon247 wrote:
> > > > I'd love to use IMAP for outlook, but it slows everything to a
> > > > crawl.
> > > > I don't believe it's outlook as I've done the typical things to
> > > > streamline it - disabled add-ins, disabled rss feeds, etc. i'm not
> > > > using exchange, purely gmail. i don't really have folders, and use
> > > > primarily my inbox and sent folder. even so getting the headers, and
> > > > updating the cache can take forever... i had 50-60k emails in my all
> > > > mail folder, and 30k in my inbox folder... i tried unsubscribing to
> > > > all-mail, and things are still slow. i'm also using my full email
> > > > address with @gmail.com as another user mentioned it would speed
> > > > things up.
> > > > still, it's next to unusable right now. pop seems fine.
> > > > any help would be fantastic.
> > > > Lon
> > > > On Mar 19, 2:31 pm, Gmail Guide Yellow wrote:
> > > > > Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
> > > > > decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
> > > > > POP:
> > > > > - offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
> > > > > to your computer
> > > > > - always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
> > > > > mail
> > > > > - only downloads your messages -- not your labels
> > > > > - good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
> > > > > don't want two-way synchronization
> > > > > IMAP:
> > > > > - offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
> > > > > read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
> > > > > web!
> > > > > - save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
> > > > > whole messages to work offline
> > > > > - your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
> > > > > stay organized
> > > > > - provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
> > > > > - great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
> > > > > devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
> > > > > email client you're using
> > > > > - a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
> > > > > Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
> > > > > right for you, you can always switch.- Hide quoted text -
There is no problem. I was merely replying to a previous post on this
thread why I think TBird is a good feature. Everybody has their
'druthers' and should go with what they feel comfortable with. Im
just more comfortable using TBird as my primary means of communicating
w/people and using Gmail for storage.
> I use linux and openoffice with gmail. I also use gmail with TBird.
> I do NOT get the "sent on behalf of" message on my sent mail.
> So far as I know, only Outlook (or some other M$ users) get
> that. So why is that a gmail problem???? As to why TBird is
> "better"; gmail has the best filtering of any email service I use,
> and TBird tends to be faster and perhaps a little more intuitive.
> On Apr 4, 9:50 pm, Smith.TigerMountain wrote:
> > ThunderBird is excellent. I use it to access mail from
> > Aim,Yahoo,Msn,Google and Mail.com. Nice System Tray popup for all
> > mail notifications and the capability to reply/forward messages in any
> > direction using any Email address Alias that I have without the 'sent
> > by on behalf of' that Gmail insists on using.
> > On Apr 5, 1:55 am, recommend3 wrote:
> > > why thunderbird,why is it better
> > > On Mar 28, 2:40 am, esjohnson wrote:
> > > > Try using Thunderbird, I simply love using it
> > > > On Mar 21, 9:15 am, Lon247 wrote:
> > > > > I'd love to use IMAP for outlook, but it slows everything to a
> > > > > crawl.
> > > > > I don't believe it's outlook as I've done the typical things to
> > > > > streamline it - disabled add-ins, disabled rss feeds, etc. i'm not
> > > > > using exchange, purely gmail. i don't really have folders, and use
> > > > > primarily my inbox and sent folder. even so getting the headers, and
> > > > > updating the cache can take forever... i had 50-60k emails in my all
> > > > > mail folder, and 30k in my inbox folder... i tried unsubscribing to
> > > > > all-mail, and things are still slow. i'm also using my full email
> > > > > address with @gmail.com as another user mentioned it would speed
> > > > > things up.
> > > > > still, it's next to unusable right now. pop seems fine.
> > > > > any help would be fantastic.
> > > > > Lon
> > > > > On Mar 19, 2:31 pm, Gmail Guide Yellow wrote:
> > > > > > Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
> > > > > > decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
> > > > > > POP:
> > > > > > - offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
> > > > > > to your computer
> > > > > > - always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
> > > > > > mail
> > > > > > - only downloads your messages -- not your labels
> > > > > > - good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
> > > > > > don't want two-way synchronization
> > > > > > IMAP:
> > > > > > - offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
> > > > > > read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
> > > > > > web!
> > > > > > - save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
> > > > > > whole messages to work offline
> > > > > > - your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
> > > > > > stay organized
> > > > > > - provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
> > > > > > - great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
> > > > > > devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
> > > > > > email client you're using
> > > > > > - a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
> > > > > > Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
> > > > > > right for you, you can always switch.- Hide quoted text -
> > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
> Sorry to say, but POP account for gmail sucks big time. Everytime I
> download mails on my mail client (outlook express), the mails still
> happen to remain in the inbox on the server. I have to manually delete
> the mails from the inbox by logging to my account on gmail on the
> server.
> I mean i never expected gmail service to be so pathetic and this been
> happening since like 15 days now. What is wrong out here and what is
> wrong with you people praising the service. I agree its a free
> service but then google earns far more then expected from the ads and
> more to provide a better service. This is now going way below the
> f**** expectation.
> DOES GMAIL HAVE ANY REPLY TO THIS QUERY? I hope the gmail manager
mainhoondon,
Go to your inbox on the gmail server.
Click on "settings" in upper right corner of the page.
Click on the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab.
In item #2 drop down box select "Delete Gmail's Copy".
This should do it. Let us know in any event because if I am giving
wrong info I want to be informed.
I'm using IMAP and am happy so far - I like the speed with which I'm
receiving the emails on the PDA/phone. The only issue I'm having is
there's no 'archive' folder to put emails in on my PDA/phone. The
only real option I have is to delete them, which deletes them
completely (on the pc also). When I go to my PC and move them from
the 'trash' folder to the 'archive' folder (which is where I really
want them to be) the emails show back up on the PDA as 'unread'.
> Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
> decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
> POP:
> - offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
> to your computer
> - always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
> mail
> - only downloads your messages -- not your labels
> - good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
> don't want two-way synchronization
> IMAP:
> - offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
> read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
> web!
> - save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
> whole messages to work offline
> - your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
> stay organized
> - provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
> - great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
> devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
> email client you're using
> - a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
> Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
> right for you, you can always switch.
hy
i only want to ask you if you want to tell me how i configure IMAP...
y make a lotte of searches on the internet i dont find anwsers...
my email is : [email address]
pls send my an email with how to configure IMAP, and what ii need...
thank you very much
> Hi
> I had configured my Outlook Express with IMAP but i'm not exactly
> happy about it. So i switched back to POP but i get a message
> saying,"ur account is not enabled for IMAP use".
> I switched to POP by disabling IMAP and configuring for POP. Can u
> guide me and say if this was correct or i shud do it any other way.
> I appreciate your help.
> Hameed.
> On Mar 19, 11:31 pm, Gmail Guide Yellow wrote:
> > Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
> > decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
> > POP:
> > - offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
> > to your computer
> > - always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
> > mail
> > - only downloads your messages -- not your labels
> > - good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
> > don't want two-way synchronization
> > IMAP:
> > - offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
> > read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
> > web!
> > - save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
> > whole messages to work offline
> > - your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
> > stay organized
> > - provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
> > - great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
> > devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
> > email client you're using
> > - a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
> > Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
> > right for you, you can always switch.- Hide quoted text -
If you don't want to keep your messages in the inbox, all you need to
do is go to settings in gmail, click on "Forwarding and POP/IMAP. Then
go to 2. POP Download, and use the drop-down list to select "Delete
Gmail's copy."
So far, I've also used POP download, and I personally prefer to keep
all my incoming messages on the server, so that I can access them if
I'm away from home. Also, sometimes I prefer to search for old
messages within the web-based gmail (although I can also use
Thunderbird's search tool or Google Desktop Search).
> Sorry to say, but POP account for gmail sucks big time. Everytiome I
> download mails on my mail client (outlook express), the mails still
> happen to remain in the inbox on the server. I have to manually delete
> the mails from the inbox by logging to my account on gmail on the
> server.
> I mean i never expected gmail service to be so pathetic and this been
> happening since like 15 days now. What is wrong out here and what is
> wrong with you people praising the service. I agreee its a free
> service but then google earns far more then expected from the ads and
> more to provide a better service. This is now going way below the
> f**** expectation.
> DOES GMAIL HAVE ANY REPLY TO THIS QUERY? I hope the gmail manager
> replies to my query.
I've tried POP and IMAP and I have issues with them both!
POP kept sending messages to my inbox that I had sent to someone else
and marking them as unread so it seemed like I had new messages. Also,
it didn't mark messages I'd read from my Sidekick3 as read.
IMAP downloaded EVERY single message that has ever been sent to me! It
also downloaded some sent messages and marked them as new like POP
did. There was a bunch of email that had indeed been read online ages
ago that was marked as unread. After receiving a bazillion messages, I
went through and deleted a lot of them but the next morning, they
returned like zombies... and they're still showing up online.
I think because I have the least issues with POP... I'm just gonna
stick with that. Is there anyway to fix the POP problems?
I just wanted to note that while I'll be reading through this thread
every now and then to get your feedback, I won't be responding to
individual problems. Please feel free to discuss POP vs. IMAP as much
as you want, but if you're having a problem with your account, I
encourage you to look for other related topics in this group, and
create a new topic if you can't find your specific issue. This will
allow you to get help faster.
> Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
> decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
> POP:
> - offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
> to your computer
> - always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
> mail
> - only downloads your messages -- not your labels
> - good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
> don't want two-way synchronization
> IMAP:
> - offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
> read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
> web!
> - save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
> whole messages to work offline
> - your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
> stay organized
> - provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
> - great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
> devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
> email client you're using
> - a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
> Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
> right for you, you can always switch.
> Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
> decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
> POP:
> - offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
> to your computer
> - always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
> mail
> - only downloads your messages -- not your labels
> - good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
> don't want two-way synchronization
> IMAP:
> - offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
> read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
> web!
> - save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
> whole messages to work offline
> - your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
> stay organized
> - provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
> - great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
> devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
> email client you're using
> - a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
> Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
> right for you, you can always switch.
I am having problems between my sidekick and gmail- its using POP, but
messages sit for HOURS in my inbox before they are 'fetched' or
forwarded (or whatever its called) to my mobile-sidekick.
I have tried turning off/on, tried doing a 'force-fetch' (menu key and
U), tried everything to get emails moving, and nothing consistently
works. This has been an increasing problem over the last weeks,
completely aggravating for about 5 days.
ANY SUGGESTIONS OUT THERE?
Thanks.
> I've tried POP and IMAP and I have issues with them both!
> POP kept sending messages to my inbox that I had sent to someone else
> and marking them as unread so it seemed like I had new messages. Also,
> it didn't mark messages I'd read from my Sidekick3 as read.
> IMAP downloaded EVERY single message that has ever been sent to me! It
> also downloaded some sent messages and marked them as new like POP
> did. There was a bunch of email that had indeed been read online ages
> ago that was marked as unread. After receiving a bazillion messages, I
> went through and deleted a lot of them but the next morning, they
> returned like zombies... and they're still showing up online.
> I think because I have the least issues with POP... I'm just gonna
> stick with that. Is there anyway to fix the POP problems?
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