Geek To Live: Turn Thunderbird into the Ultimate Gmail IMAP Client
Great article on how that discusses why you should turn Thunderbird into your Gmail IMAP Client. I would do this, but Gmail has yet to turn on IMAP for Gmail account.
GMAIL Gets IMAP
Google has announced on their blog that they are now rolling out IMAP for GMAIL. I am just going to say one-thing, YEAH!
I enjoy using the web application, but if I can sync my email and manage it locally on a device and it will sync back with the online version, I am all for that.
POP was good in its time, but IMAP is so much better.
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