Google IMAP = Win / Win

I live in Outlook and I really like the way it's laid out; maybe Microsoft conditioned me, whatever, it works for me. That being said, if you're an Outlook user, you can understand why I don't like the Gmail interface.... I've used it for a long time now but still it's lacking and it's rather slow.

So today I decided to give Gmail's IMAP service a shot. Now I love Gmail !!!

The setup was easy and they have nice screen shots.... and here's why I love my Gmail now:

• It is so much faster
• I can create folders and pull stuff into them - it uses Googles Tags but it works flawlessly
• I can drag things out of one account and into another
• It keeps my email on the server
• I can send from the Gmail account in Outlook

Here are the instructions if you want to try it for yourself.

 

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Comments

[deannie]

oh, this is nice! Thanks for pointing it out.

[Erik]

I'm a Mac user and have been gMail IMAPing through Mail.app since it was released a few months ago. I couldn't agree more about loving it!