Google Adds IMAP to Gmail Accounts

By the Betanews Staff | Published October 24, 2007, 10:39 AM

Although Google's popular webmail service has long offered POP support, accessing an account via IMAP was not possible until today. Gmail users are beginning to see an IMAP option enabled by default in their account settings, which will make the service more useful to those accessing e-mail remotely.

Google has put together detailed instructions on how to make IMAP for Gmail work with a number of clients, including Apple's iPhone. The advantage of IMAP is that it keeps e-mail data synced across multiple devices, so any changes made remotely instantly appear on the Web and elsewhere.

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So wait - is Hotmail kinda like IMAP? Or is IMAP somehow different?

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www.google.com

"POP3 IMAP"

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NOOBZ!

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TROLL!

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Im using AIM as it the only free email service with IMAP. Good to hear gmail offer it too.

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fastmail.fm has been offering free IMAP for years.

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Superb!

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why does my hotmail account not even offer pop3? its getting harder and harder not to make the perm switch to gmail.

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It's all about making money.

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sweeeeeeeet

hopefully everyone will follow suit.

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Not available to every account yet!

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Sucks.

*waiting patiently*

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If the recents upgrades to free storage could be used as a reference, I think that it will be universal in a couple of days...

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IMAP is available and working now on GMail.

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Took them long enough.

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taking over the world is a long and tedious process, patience grasshopper, patience

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{..}

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