In fact, I often forget that GMail is POP, because everything I’ve downloaded or sent through it (via the web or mail client) is always there. I can’t recall doing anything special to get that to get that to happen. Then the only issue is sent mail and I know for me, whenever I send mail through GMail from Eudora that message still gets listed under the sent mail in GMail.
GMail has a POP option that keeps all mail on the server, so you can download it from as many different clients as you like and will still have access to it from the Google Mail servers, without forwarding. Excuse me while I go stir my fiber drink. That such an obvious solution has escaped me for this long is evidence of possible senility.
The only problem is that while Gmail supports retrieving of e-mail via POP, they don’t via IMAP. With Dreamhost’s IMAP e-mail setup, I can maintain an unlimited number of e-mail accounts with over 20 gigs of storage space and keep it all automatically synched between as many computers as I want. It’s fine for people who only use one computer, but the second you begin using a multiple machines, it’s a synching nightmare.Įnter IMAP e-mail. That’s great, except I don’t like POP either.
So very conveniently, Google enabled POP access to Gmail accounts several months ago. BUT… a Gmail account is great to have because of its free storage, spam filtering, separation from my own domain, and search capabilities. I understand that this format works for some people… it just feels weird to me though. I am especially not fond of the way Google’s threads work. The problem: I like mail applications better than web-based mail. Warning: This is clearly not rocket science and I’m positive that thousands of people have already thought of this and are already doing it. I had a very simple idea yesterday to get Gmail to work through IMAP and wanted to share it in case it is of use to anyone else.