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seems like it would have been easier to support imap first, and then it would instantly support gmail and every other email provider.
by there 16y ago
seems like it would have been easier to support imap first, and then it would instantly support gmail and every other email provider.
- johns 16y agoExcept that Gmail over IMAP never feels quite right. I'm dying for a desktop app that has the same experience as gmail in the browser. Fluid and Mailplane are currently the only way to do that, but I want it in a native app, not a hosted browser window.
- macrael 16y agoUnfortunately, IMAP is a mess of a specification that is not consistently implemented between different vendors. Gmail itself is not built on top of IMAP at all, it just has a layer thrown on top for compatibility. This path seems to make a lot of sense.
- T_S_ 16y agoThank you. I was going to ask what's up with IMAP support. I won't even try an application that won't support multiple IMAP accounts. Instead I'll ask: am I being too demanding?. As a former corporate goon, I always assume that it's IMAP or nothing. Does anyone think POP is OK for business?
- tensor 16y agoNo, IMAP is pretty essential. POP is passable, but people really want IMAP or exchange for most business email. Especially since companies and universities often forbid you forwarding company email to third parties like gmail.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoUniversities are increasingly outsourcing their email to Google and Microsoft. Especially those in the US and UK.
- bonaldi 16y agoIt would only support the IMAP subset of Gmail, which every other client does. Having conversations is one of GMail's USPs, and I've been waiting a long time for a mail client that supports them (was amazed that Outlook 2011 only went half way towards them as well).