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Better client for Gmail than Mail.app?

lieb39

lieb39

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Mar 17, 2005
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Hello everyone,

I've been using Mail.app for my gmail accounts for quite a while now - but it seems that Mail just isn't designed for gmail. For example - when I search for a message, each message will appear two or more times (located in Inbox & All Mail, not inc. any labels), archiving messages isn't exactly easy, and deleting messages doesn't quite.. delete messages.

Is there a way to make Mail.app more friendlier towards Gmail accounts or is there a better client for Mac for Gmail accounts?

Thanks,
Daniel
 
As the OP said, I've noticed that I get 2 or 3 copies of each email in Mail. I need something else, but I want something that will store copies of my emails automatically on my hard drive. I don't want access to them just in the cloud.

I recently read about Sparrow. I know it's in beta, it is only compatible with GMail, and that soon it will have support for more than one IMAP account, but does it download emails or just manage them online at Google Mail? I could not locate this info online.

What about the other email programs mentioned in this thread? I assume they download emails to your hard drive?
Thanks!
 
Postbox 2, MailPlane, Sparrow-

1) Do these email clients store emails on your computer?
2) Are they compatible with other pop/imap clients (other than Gmail)?

Thanks!
 
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Go to gmail labs and start using Advanced IMAP Controls. It's what you are looking for, not another client. (once you enable that feature, you'll be able to select which boxes do you want to sync with imap - from labels menu)
 
Here's from someone that doesn't like Sparrow. Sure it looks great but I can read, write and reply to email a lot faster with Mail.app. It was actually frustrating for me to use and I dropped it after a day (I was using the beta).
 
BrianBaughn said:
With Advanced IMAP Controls enabled, as matkap suggested, unchecking "Show In IMAP" for All Mail would probably take care of your duplicate results.
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should those i deselect disappear from os x mail or do i have to delete and re-input my account in mail for the changes to show? is there any benefit to showing or not showing the spam folder?
 
karsten said:
should those i deselect disappear from os x mail or do i have to delete and re-input my account in mail for the changes to show? is there any benefit to showing or not showing the spam folder?
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Just right-click on your inbox in mail.app and select synchronize "your account name". The boxes you deselect on gmail will be deleted automatically with this way. As for spam folder, you should decide.
 
I just use Gmail's web interface. I've tried dealing with apps/clients and it just adds another layer. The web interface is great and it's exactly the same no matter what computer I'm on. Keep it simple.
 
skiltrip said:
I just use Gmail's web interface. I've tried dealing with apps/clients and it just adds another layer. The web interface is great and it's exactly the same no matter what computer I'm on. Keep it simple.
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How do you deal with multiple accounts?
 
sparrow is now at v1.0 in the mac app store. It's great. v1.1 is going to add imap for other services than gmail, it handles multiple accounts etc.

It downloads your inbox, I think the rest it reads off the web. the search is very fast.
 
Huntn said:
I selected the label settings page and 'all mail' was all ready selected to 'show'. :confused: Maybe there is something else afoot. Thanks for the help though.
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that's the default setting. set it to not show and it wont show up in your os x mail app then that's what i did:)
 
yetanotherdave said:
sparrow is now at v1.0 in the mac app store. It's great. v1.1 is going to add imap for other services than gmail, it handles multiple accounts etc.

It downloads your inbox, I think the rest it reads off the web. the search is very fast.
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Do folders/labels work well in it? (i.e not creating a million bogus IMAP folder lables in your gmail inbox when viewed in browser?)
 
matkap said:
Go to gmail labs and start using Advanced IMAP Controls. It's what you are looking for, not another client. (once you enable that feature, you'll be able to select which boxes do you want to sync with imap - from labels menu)
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This is brilliant. Worked for me... Thank you. :)
 
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