Gmail adds IMAP support, "huzzah!" says multiple device owners
I saw the news break on Download Squad last night but was just too tired to write it up. I passed the info to Matt Miller who had three hours on me since he's on the West Coast; think he's happy about IMAP support for Gmail? His post title says it all: "IMAP coming to Gmail, mobile enthusaists cheer in anticipation" :)
It is welcome news. No longer will Gmail-ers have to rely on a one-way POP connection, nor have to manage mail as much on multiple devices. Among other benefits, IMAP works more in a real-time mode over POP's download every time on every device. This means if you dealt with a message on one client, you won't have to deal with it on another. Just tip of the iceberg for benefits, but it's enough to share before I get the kids on the bus and have my first cup of coffee. :)
>>>but was just to tired
Need more caffeine. Heeheehee.
Posted by: Mike Cane | October 24, 2007 at 07:09 AM
No worries, just got my first jolt of the day = more cheeky commentary to keep Mike Cane entertained. :)
Posted by: Kevin C. Tofel | October 24, 2007 at 07:14 AM
Not enough for you to catch the TYPO I was pointing out!!
Posted by: Mike Cane | October 24, 2007 at 12:38 PM
Good point; the typos usually continue until I get two cups of coffee in me. Fixed and thanks!
Posted by: Kevin C. Tofel | October 24, 2007 at 01:52 PM
Yeah!!!!!
Posted by: Joedaddy | October 24, 2007 at 05:39 PM
So I gather from this that you can use gmail offline in outlook if you imap to that. But I have gigabytes of files in gmail - is it going to copy all this over and stick it on my hard drive?
Posted by: Scoobie | October 24, 2007 at 07:49 PM
Yah! But no imap for GFYD yet :(
Posted by: Griffon | October 24, 2007 at 10:02 PM