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Free IMAP On Gmail

Posted by kdawson on from the bout-time dept.

A number of readers are writing in to tell us that Google is rolling out IMAP support for Gmail accounts. Several people say that some of their gmail accounts offer the IMAP option (in Settings, Forwarding and POP/IMAP) and others do not.

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  1. But... by JK_the_Slacker · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... I thought that only Apple would release an iMap? Had me fooled.

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    1. Re:But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      yeah, they already have this

    2. Re:But... by dwater · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nope, google beat them to it, even though they are gSlow. They really dropped the iBall on this one.

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    3. Re:But... by JK_the_Slacker · · Score: 2, Funny

      Holy crap! It's a map with Missouri on it! Somebody call the Weather Channel, they need to see this. CNN too.

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    4. Re:But... by nuzak · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, Brooklyn ends in "fuckin' a". Actually most things from there end in fuckin' a.

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  2. Re:Well it's about fucking time by dwater · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google are experts on the whole Web-2.0 thing - it's good to see them finally getting hang of the Email-1.0 thing too.

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  3. Re:IMAP WEEE!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The POP3 RFC: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1939.txt is 23 pages. The IMAP RFC is 108 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3501.txt

    Why do you think?

  4. Re:Size of headers? by Jay+L · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ever misdirected your snark at a reply instead of the original post?

    Thought so.

  5. Re:IMAP over SSL? by AVee · · Score: 5, Funny

    You've got to wonder, is that a security measure or anti-competitive behaviour. "It's our user, only we get to read his email."

  6. Re:Can you use it to upload mails? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I agree, I may get ride of my other free accounts, or just use them to collect span. LOL!

    Looks like I'm not the only one up too early this morning;-)

  7. Re:Can you use it to upload mails? by laejoh · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'll need Outlook.

    I'm on Debian, you insensitive clod!

    That's the non-free repository, no?

  8. Re:Can you use it to upload mails? by stavros-59 · · Score: 5, Funny

    gmail, hotmail, instant messanger, facebook, myspace, slashdot, etc. The distributed Internet has become very modular these days. People are worried about root DNS hosts. Imagine what people would do if you took down only a handful of these domains. 1/2 the people online would be lost.

    So it wouldn't be all bad then

  9. Re:Can you use it to upload mails? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now that I'm lost, what's next my mighty overlord?

  10. Re:Size of headers? by Jay+L · · Score: 2, Funny

    You will. And the company that will bring it to you is AT&T.

  11. Re:Can you use it to upload mails? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Using Outlook at work is the worst experience in my day.

    You obviously don't have to use Lotus Notes.