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Turn Thunderbird into the Ultimate Gmail IMAP Client

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Gmail's IMAP support roll-out this week had nerds all atwitter about the possibility of synchronized email access across devices, computers, and clients. IMAP is far superior to regular old POP for fetching your messages and maintaining your folder list whether you're on your iPhone, office or home computer. If IMAP's got you curious but you're not sure what desktop application to use with Gmail, consider the extensible, fast, cross-platform and free Mozilla Thunderbird, our beloved Firefox's little sibling. Here's how to get the full Gmail experience in Thunderbird with IMAP.

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{"commentId":1134556,"authorDomain":"onlineapps"}

Dang it Tim, you beat me.

Anyway, this is a GREAT set of tips. You NEED this if you're switching to Thunderbird (like me!).

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Reply#1 - Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:32 PM EDT
{"commentId":1134935,"authorDomain":"timstown"}

Wait.. your switching back to Thunderbird again?

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#1.1 - Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:30 PM EDT
{"commentId":1135018,"authorDomain":"onlineapps"}

Sigh... I'll be writing an article soon.

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#1.2 - Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:15 PM EDT
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#1.3 - Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:22 AM EDT
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{"commentId":1137514,"authorDomain":"hamid"}

Thanks Tim,

Nice seed, I'll be switching my TB over from POP very soon...

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Reply#2 - Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:22 PM EDT
{"commentId":1142034,"authorDomain":"tke132"}

Grr... I still don't have the IMAP option in my gmail. Grr...

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Reply#3 - Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:10 PM EDT
{"commentId":1142345,"authorDomain":"onlineapps"}

Try using imap.gmail.com. Even if it doesn't SAY it's enabled, it might be...

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#3.1 - Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:53 PM EDT
{"commentId":1142554,"authorDomain":"tke132"}

imap.gmail.com doesn't take me anywhere. Hopefully it will come up in a few days.

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#3.2 - Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:56 PM EDT
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