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Gmail & Imap Question
- Thread starter michaelsviews
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First of all, read this informative site Google put together:
https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77702
I then went into my Gmail account, disabled POP, enabled IMAP.
Remove the current Gmail account from my iPhone, added a new one using "Other" as an account type.
Should be good to go 😀
P.S. I'm assuming you have no other devices (computers, phones, etc) that are using Gmail POP. If so, disabling POP will eliminate those devices ability to get your email.
https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77702
I then went into my Gmail account, disabled POP, enabled IMAP.
Remove the current Gmail account from my iPhone, added a new one using "Other" as an account type.
Should be good to go 😀
P.S. I'm assuming you have no other devices (computers, phones, etc) that are using Gmail POP. If so, disabling POP will eliminate those devices ability to get your email.
You assume correctly and I did what the link said, I just was not sure about the pop setting thanks
SFStateStudent
macrumors 604
Be patient with Gmail...
since they are doing everything they can to offer IMAP to all Gmail accounts. I know some of my friends are still without IMAP. The last message was that it would take a few days to accomplish the task. 😎
since they are doing everything they can to offer IMAP to all Gmail accounts. I know some of my friends are still without IMAP. The last message was that it would take a few days to accomplish the task. 😎
Imap showed up for me this morning on my second gmail account can you have more than 1 gmail account setup on the iphone with imap? i currently have this second account setup as POP.
Buschmaster
macrumors 65816
SFStateStudent
macrumors 604
Yep, I've got five (5)...
different email accounts and the great thing about IMAP is that they allow you to manage your email account on your iPhone and the account is immediately updated when you log in to the same account when you get home on your desktop! No more "losing emails" because you opened the file at work; that one always "chaps my hide" when I think back about all the emails that I can only see on my work computer! Good Luck as your iPhone becomes IMAP compatible for ALL of your email accounts... 😎
different email accounts and the great thing about IMAP is that they allow you to manage your email account on your iPhone and the account is immediately updated when you log in to the same account when you get home on your desktop! No more "losing emails" because you opened the file at work; that one always "chaps my hide" when I think back about all the emails that I can only see on my work computer! Good Luck as your iPhone becomes IMAP compatible for ALL of your email accounts... 😎
One other question, I have IMAP, and Gmail all set , now however, I am seeing all the folders under my GMAIL acct. Is there a way to NOT see all of them? Or is that just the way it is and I'm stuck with it ?
Thanks
killmoms
macrumors 68040
You do have to see those. You can, however, map your Sent, Drafts, and Trash on the iPhone to the appropriate directories on Google, which helps some. 🙂