Gmail and offline access (was RE: One option for dealing with many postings on tech wr-l)

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Edgar D' Souza wrote:

> yes, one needs a Web connection... but you can have the best of both
> worlds, actually, if you set up Gmail for POP with a thread-aware mail
> client, and set it to NOT delete mails on the server after POPping.
> That way, you get threading, offline mail, and a backup copy of your
> mail too..

An even better option than POP is IMAP (Internet Message Access
Protocol), which Gmail added support for last fall. The Gmail Help
Center says this (http://tinyurl.com/ystdhh):

"Unlike POP, IMAP offers two-way communication between your web Gmail
and your email client(s). This means when you log in to Gmail using a
web browser, actions you perform on email clients and mobile devices
(ex: putting mail in a 'work' folder) will instantly and automatically
appear in Gmail (ex: it will already have a 'work' label on that email).

"In addition, IMAP provides a better method to access your mail from
multiple devices. If you check your email at work, on your mobile phone,
and again at home, IMAP ensures that new mail is accessible from any
device at any given time.

"Finally, IMAP offers a more stable experience overall. Whereas POP is
prone to losing messages or downloading the same messages multiple
times, IMAP avoids this through its two-way syncing capabilities between
your mail clients and your web Gmail.

"If you're trying to decide between using POP and using IMAP with Gmail,
we recommend IMAP."

Office Watch has a good article about Gmail and IMAP here:
http://tinyurl.com/59s3k3

Richard


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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