Thread: IMAP and Gmail
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Old 27-11-2007, 03:28 PM   #15
Night0wl
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Re: IMAP and Gmail

Chris Game wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:03:34 -0600, Night0wl wrote:
>
>> I get my gmail both via IMAP when I'm out and about, and via POP3
>> when I'm in, using Thunderbird.

>
> Yu don't seem to have got the hang of IMAP. The idea is to keep the
> stuff on the server, not on the home machine.
>

Actually, there's a check-box in the Thunderbird/Gmail setup to leave
the mail on the server, download headers only, or download the whole
email. I'd say that's a pretty thorough set of choices. What he does
with 'em is on him...

Cheers;

Ed
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