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Free IMAP On Gmail

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. FCUK yeh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Everyone bow down to Google! GOOG is the greatest companty ever and I have an erection because thwey are offering this impa thing

    its like their maps only with an i so its yours

    It has something to do with servers and fo4rwrding mail and stuff, something 99.999% of normals will never ever care about ever. But its google doing it so its news!

    hooray for GOOG! we love you guys!

  2. Re:Yawn.. by Ash-Fox · · Score: 0, Troll

    A hosted MAPI / Exchange account is much much better than IMAP.
    Call me when all the top mail clients support it (like they do with IMAP) instead of just one.
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