Mac only: Sparrow, the super-integrated, minimalist Gmail client for Mac, has just updated to include Priority Inbox support, multitouch gestures, IMAP support (so you can take advantage of its minimalist interface with any email service), and even a free trial version. More »
Blackberry users who have been frustrated by their phone’s inability to properly sync IMAP email can unclench their fists. Documents detailing the new features of the upcoming BIS 3.0 show Gmail syncing and WMA support are on the way. More »
Gmail’s rollout of IMAP is complete, paving way for synced GMail on Desktops, Laptops, Mobiles, and the web. Mine says it was activated since day one, but it’s not working yet. For those of you interested, Lifehacker’s mistress of email has posted a guide to tweak GMail’s IMAP, and Google’s posted a video of how to config on an iPhone, but its pretty newbish. How about the rest of you? Is GMail IMAP working alright for you? [Gmail Blog] More »
If you are a Gmail user, head over to your account settings and select “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” to enable the newly-added IMAP access option. Enabling Internet Message Access Protocol allows you to access mail directly on the Google servers instead of downloading it to your desktop, laptop or phone. That way, if you access mail from multiple devices, your inbox and mail folders will look the same from every one of them. Read a message in your iPhone? It will appear as read in your work PC. Delete an email in your home computer? Boom, gone in your MacBook. Gmail’s IMAP setup page includes tutorials for Outlook, Apple Mail, Windows Mail, Thunderbird, and, you guessed it, the iPhone, even with a step-by-step video: More »
