[X4U] Can Apple's Mail pick up GMail?

[Aron S. Spencer]

On Oct 6, 2008, at 9:24 PM, Linda wrote:

> On 10/6/08 7:15 PM, Aron S.Spencer wrote:
>
>>> . I'm told it's cumbersome to deal with attachments -- and I do that
>>> every day, many times a day.
>>
>> False. Dealing with attachments is easy.
>
> Reading up the thread, not everyone agrees that this is easy.
>>
One person. Everyone else disagreed with him.

>>> I'm told I have to undertake an extra step to move mail to an "on  
>>> my Mac"
>>> folder, and POP does that for me  automagically -- no extra "move"  
>>> on my part
>>> required (I have automatic filing into  at least 30 different  
>>> folders; if I
>>> have to judge each incoming mail's  content and do that by hand,  
>>> I'd scream).
>>
>> False. Mail will maintain a local copy of the mail.
>
> So there's a copy of all mail on the computer AND a copy of the mail  
> in an
> IMAP mailbox(es)? Two copies of every email on every computer?

no, just one.

> You say "Mail"; Mail is only one of three email clients I used  
> daily. Was
> looking for facts about IMAP in general, rather than individual email
> clients, if that's possible?

The client is not particularly relevant. Mail.app was used as an  
example because it's the common denominator.

Hey, if POP works for you, that's fine. Having switched to IMAP, I  
wouldn't touch POP anymore.

Aron S. Spencer
Radix Consulting Ltd.
http://www.r8ix.com
Union, NJ 07083