Gmail finally does IMAP

24 10 2007

Ooh, this is interesting. To me, the killer feature lacking from Google’s great Gmail was the lack of IMAP mail support. In fact, it’s probably the biggest reason why I moved all my mail away from Gmail last year and over onto my own server. But, there are some reports starting to filter through that Google is starting to add IMAP support to Gmail accounts. This is most interesting, and certainly something well worth investigating. Especially so if you’re someone, like me, who likes to use a mail client as opposed to Gmail’s web interface, and also uses multiple machines throughout the day.

UPDATE: It appears that they are only offering this to a limited number of people at the moment (of which I am not one) and I’m not sure what it takes to get yourself enabled. Added to that, when I search for IMAP in the Gmail support site, I get told that they don’t currently support IMAP! :(

UPDATE 2: It’s now official!


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11 responses to “Gmail finally does IMAP”

24 10 2007
Stephen (14:39:52) :

I want this, badly.

24 10 2007
Michael O'Leary (14:45:24) :

About fucking time :)

25 10 2007
Thomas Comerford (09:14:22) :

Excellent… Thanks for posting that!

25 10 2007
Stephen (09:20:36) :

Out of curiosity I made a new gmail account and it did indeed have IMAP enabled. Only a matter of time now :)

26 10 2007
Michael O'Leary (10:15:04) :

Oh come on gief IMAP!!!!

26 10 2007
Daragh (10:26:36) :

Change your language preference over to English US and see the voodoo! :)

26 10 2007
Stephen (10:34:51) :

Tried that already, sadly it hasn’t made a difference yet!

26 10 2007
Daragh (10:36:44) :

oh, okie, that worked for me yesterday!

26 10 2007
Michael O'Leary (11:21:37) :

Take your voodoo and shove…………….you can imagine the rest

30 10 2007
Michael O'Leary (10:14:16) :

Still no IMAP, I think it’s a hoax. :)

30 10 2007
Stephen (10:55:22) :

No IMAP here either.

/shakes fist at gmail

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