Gmail and iMap

Ξ July 14th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Computers, Technology, e-mail |

I’ve been looking for better email solutions for awhile now.  I have “several” email addresses and although Mozilla Thunderbird does the job for what I need for 90% of the time – it’s nice to have access to your email whenever you’re online and also to have a 1-spot organization method.   So instead of just merely using POP and having Gmail leave the messages on the server so I can download them when I get home – I finally ventured into iMap and I wish had done so awhile ago.   Having my Thunderbird and Gmail synchronized and organized really was much, much easier than I thought.   Sure, it took awhile to upload all my email archives (I have email in Thunderbird dating back to late 2001), but overall the move was painless and now I have access to ALL of my email via Gmail or my Thunderbird client on my PC.   If there is any downside to this setup, it’s that Gmail can’t be customized to set the frequency of account updates.  So some accounts may only get checked anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour depending on past results.   Not a huge issue for me because If I’m expecting an email, you can always go in and click “check now” in the account settings.