Google Launched IMAP Support for Gmail

Choto Cheeta · 24-10-2007, 08:48 AM

However, when waiting for an e-mail tonight, I happened to pop into my GMail settings to find something quite impressive: the section that deals with forwarding mail and POP access was renamed “Forwarding and POP/IMAP.” [Read more]

Many users Report at Download Squad blog of having the feature enabled at their Email Account...

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Supported IMAP Client List

Getting Started with IMAP for Gmail

Personally I would say that unless there is folder support to Gmail like Yahoo / Rediff or other email srvice this feature is quite useless to me

ray|raven · 24-10-2007, 09:00 AM

Awesome,Just what i was lookin for.
Hope my account gets it soon

Regards,
ray

Gigacore · 24-10-2007, 09:12 AM

cool thankx for the info

amol48 · 24-10-2007, 09:32 AM

hey it's activated in my acc...

Charan · 24-10-2007, 11:51 AM

which one is better ? POP3 or IMAP? havent checked the difference of those yet , I have been using POP3 a lot though.

ray|raven · 24-10-2007, 11:55 AM

In POP the mail is downloaded from the server onto your account.
In IMAP the mail is checked from the server itself.
Therby meaning no waiting for attachments to download before you read the mail.Also it means if u mark a mail read at office it stays read when u check again at home.

Regards,
ray

Charan · 24-10-2007, 12:12 PM

Thanks for clarifying... still its not enabled un my account.

Gigacore · 24-10-2007, 12:16 PM

Charan bro, POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3, its just like a regular post in which you will recieve everything at one time.

Charan · 24-10-2007, 12:20 PM

^^ Giga I know POP3 Protocol,I have been using it since ages. only thing is that I havent used IMAP so I dono about its features

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din · 24-10-2007, 12:27 PM

IMAP is very useful in mobile phone too. We need not download everything, can set like show only subject or part of text, so we can open only those we need. No need to download everything as in POP

Gigacore · 24-10-2007, 12:32 PM

lol bro, IMAP- Instant Message Access Protocol. . . . raven has already explained it. . . though i've something more to say . . . In IMAP, you have to refresh the page or get back to that page from another to see the new message just like how forums work. . . .

Choto Cheeta · 24-10-2007, 12:40 PM

those who have doubt about IMAP or what exactly is it, please refer here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interne...ccess_Protocol

Gigacore · 24-10-2007, 12:46 PM

^ wow. . . . who wrote that wiki article? its awesome

ax3 · 24-10-2007, 12:49 PM

cool ......... bt HTTP would have been much better .......

almighty · 24-10-2007, 01:42 PM

coooooooool
thanks for info

Garbage · 24-10-2007, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ax3

cool ......... bt HTTP would have been much better .......

What do u mean ??

ax3 · 24-10-2007, 04:06 PM

as v have POP3 \ IMAP ...... v also have HTTP ......

4 mails HTTP = v can c headers of mails & then choose 2 download which u want ..... [from email softwares] .......

this service is only supported by HOTMAIL only ..... bt 4 paid users .......

ilugd · 24-10-2007, 04:10 PM

not a vendor independent format is it?
btw, you can do the same thing in imap also.

ThinkFree · 24-10-2007, 05:21 PM

Thanks for the info

blackpearl · 24-10-2007, 05:21 PM

Oh man!! this is cool. I have to use this. thanks.

Choto Cheeta · 24-10-2007, 05:27 PM

I was just wondering how many of us have the feature enable at their Account ??

din · 24-10-2007, 05:43 PM

@ax3

Please correct me if I am wrong. But as far as I know HTTP is slow compared to POP or IMAP. Yes, Hotmail support it. And yahoo POPs (the software which used to download yahoo emails in outlook express / TB) also use HTTP email internally (which makes retreiving emails slow)

Another thing is, you can use Windows Live Mail - for hotmail. It is almost = Outlook Express and you need not pay for using the email client. That is sure a good option (Thanks to GX_Saurav for giving more info on that) for hotmail users.

Whatever it is, Gmail rox

No doubt in that. With so many features, pretty neat interface (yahoo is cluttered) and a whopping 4 GB ! Nothing is gonna beat Gmail for the time being...

mehulved · 24-10-2007, 06:31 PM

Wow IMAP support. Though it's not enabled on my account yet

Time to reconfigure my mail settings again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Choto Cheeta

Personally I would say that unless there is folder support to Gmail like Yahoo / Rediff or other email srvice this feature is quite useless to me

If you use labels properly they can work as well, if not better, as folders. In my case labels help me much more as I get quite a few mails that I'd like to post in 2 sections or sometimes even more. This cannot be always achieved with folders.

iMav · 24-10-2007, 07:40 PM

wats the benefit of IMAP other than the fact that it will star the mails u star in a client or mark them as read if u do so in a client

sakumar79 · 24-10-2007, 08:12 PM

Trashing it on your client will reflect as trashing it on your webmail... Saves the job of deleting (junk) mail twice...

Arun

din · 24-10-2007, 08:14 PM

For me - I configured my official email and personal email (both support IMAP - my own sites) in mobile phone. And without going to web interface, I get the mail list, subject and part of header (if needed) quickly. I can click the email to read if it is needed. And unlike in POP I do not have to wait to download all emails.