Gmail users input requested . . any reason to use "mail" program on Mac?

[r0k]

I find mail.app bogs down getting "caught up" downloading my email if I don't keep it running. You can keep mail.app running without a window by launching it and then closing the active window. Mail.app stays underlined in the dock and the next time you need to open it, it comes up quickly.

I also use Thunderbird from time to time. I also use the webmail interface for gmail in the browser (chrome).

 

[CrzyCanuck72]

I used Mail.app for my Gmail account for years, but I recently switched to the web interface, after I discovered how useful labels are. I like having my email in a separate app though, not just a browser window, so I compromised and set up GMail as a site-specific browser using Fluid. This way I have many of the best features of Mail.app (dock icon notifications, eg.) but I can use all the features of the GMail web app.

 

[curtisinoc]

When I initially set up my Gmail account with Mac Mail using automatic (IMAP) settings, will my Gmail contacts automatically import over to Mac Mail?

 

[aristobrat]

When I initially set up my Gmail account with Mac Mail using automatic (IMAP) settings, will my Gmail contacts automatically import over to Mac Mail?

Contacts go in the Address Book program. If you go into the preferences there, there should be a button to sync with MoibleMe, Yahoo!, and Google.

At one point, you had to have an iPod touch or an iPhone for those options to appear. Not sure if that's still the case.

In OS X Lion (if I saw it right), it looks like you'll be able to sign into google, Yahoo, etc once and Lion will setup the email, calendar and contacts for you.

 

[curtisinoc]

Contacts go in the Address Book program. If you go into the preferences there, there should be a button to sync with MoibleMe, Yahoo!, and Google.

At one point, you had to have an iPod touch or an iPhone for those options to appear. Not sure if that's still the case.

In OS X Lion (if I saw it right), it looks like you'll be able to sign into google, Yahoo, etc once and Lion will setup the email, calendar and contacts for you.

Thank you!


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