Im using a proxy and does it have an issue? how can i enable gmail imap in thunderbird with a proxy?

IMAP gives users a reason to go to gmail.com when they’re not on their home computers

IMAP support integrated with Google Docs equals further integration into productivity software

IMAP plus Google Calendar equals further integration into productivity software

IMAP plus $5/mo/year support = a much better yahoo+ mail

And the reasons go on..

I used Google Apps (Google-hosted services, like email, for my domain) up until recently when I switched to my web host’s IMAP server so I could use Thunderbird (I prefer it to every webmail interface, including Gmail’s) and still have access to mail remotely via webmail which Gmail + POP couldn’t do for me in any effective manner; I’d have to go back and mark messages as read/spam, archive/delete them, etc. Not efficient.

While my host’s IMAP server is pretty good, their spam filtering sucks. It’s basically server-based SpamAssassin combined with client-side Bayesian filtering. Not nearly as good as Google’s spam filtering, even after feeding thousands of messages (spam and not) to the Bayesian filtering engine. It also meant that I’d have to use my ISPs crappy SMTP server.

With Google Apps Mail + IMAP, I get all the benefits of Google mail (spam filtering, message organization, huge space for archiving important mail, backup MXs, better SMTP server that allows outbound messages to be threaded with inbound messages, etc.) plus some advantages of Thunderbird (S/MIME or PGP signing/encryption, more efficient interface, managing several accounts in a single window, faster responses to various things [opening a new composition window, for example], and so on).

Google Mail’s interface is pretty much the best thing going for webmail right now, but until they add a good S/MIME or PGP interface that doesn’t require that they store my private keys, it doesn’t quite meet my needs.

It also aids in mail migration…moving mail *from* a webmail service is not terribly easy. It’s made easier with POP, sure, but IMAP makes it trivial to backup or move mail from server to server. Once IMAP service gets added to my Apps account, I’ll switch my MX records back. If, for some reason, a different provider can offer better IMAP-capable service, then I can switch my MX records and move my mail over in a totally transparent fashion.

1. Most people won’t use it (the way most people don’t use pop mail).
2. Those that do use it self select themselves as a particular market segment
3. Those users are probably wide scale google users already, so by indexing their imap content you get to target a narrow segment even more effectively

The bottom line for google is always,

1. Keep you logged into google
2. Allows us to index what you do for targetted advertising

A modest price for free in most consumer’s cases.

My god. I’m glad that when something doesn’t come from this site, it’s speculation (despite help pages). Further, you can speak for all bloggers.

You people are so full of yourselves and use this site to manipulate tech stocks. Your readers are suckers.

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OK IMAP=GOOD. Why? BACKUP!!!! if you don’t trust google, like I don’t, you can download all your mail for a old fashioned backup. Also offline access is a no-brainer. Useful for long flights..

That is the primary reason I switched to using gmail as my mailbox. I used to run my own mail servers and keep up with spamassassin, virus scanning, etc. but finally just decided to let gmail handle it. I still virtualize my email addresses but gmail is the end point.

I use POP3 for gmail now and only use gmail.com when I am on a public computer. Even with IMAP enabled, it would still be the same usage.

I use gmail pop the same way. When I download using my outlook client at home, it clears the inbox. When I’m at work, I use the web client. If I delete things from my home outlook, there’s still an archive in “all mail” on gmail. Imap will be nice to have the inbox be the same in both places, but it’s not a requirement.

A question I have is how the IMAP functionality will work with the archiving function within Gmail.