Comments on: Gmail IMAP - Not there yet http://team.bkwld.com/2007/12/01/gmail-imap-not-there-yet/ Team BKWLD Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:01:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Team BKWLD » How Robert does Email http://team.bkwld.com/2007/12/01/gmail-imap-not-there-yet/#comment-4190 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:57:33 +0000 http://team.bkwld.com/2007/12/01/gmail-imap-not-there-yet/#comment-4190 [...] First thing I do is have my mail forward from gmail to an imap account on our dreamhost dev server. This is because I don’t like how gmail handles flagging. But essentially, I setup Mail.app to check my mail via imap. I leave my Inbox in threaded view and I use that for looking up old conversations. The crux of what I do differently is I have a smart folder named “To Do” that I am in most of the time and essentially my real inbox. Here are it’s settings: [...] […] First thing I do is have my mail forward from gmail to an imap account on our dreamhost dev server. This is because I don’t like how gmail handles flagging. But essentially, I setup Mail.app to check my mail via imap. I leave my Inbox in threaded view and I use that for looking up old conversations. The crux of what I do differently is I have a smart folder named “To Do” that I am in most of the time and essentially my real inbox. Here are it’s settings: […]

]]> by: Andy Polaine http://team.bkwld.com/2007/12/01/gmail-imap-not-there-yet/#comment-539 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:25:29 +0000 http://team.bkwld.com/2007/12/01/gmail-imap-not-there-yet/#comment-539 So the answer is, yes, that does work for sorting mail via smart mailboxes. The problem is that mail marked as read in the smart mailbox doesn't get marked as read in the other mailboxes either. So the answer is, yes, that does work for sorting mail via smart mailboxes. The problem is that mail marked as read in the smart mailbox doesn’t get marked as read in the other mailboxes either.

]]> by: Andy Polaine http://team.bkwld.com/2007/12/01/gmail-imap-not-there-yet/#comment-538 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:15:42 +0000 http://team.bkwld.com/2007/12/01/gmail-imap-not-there-yet/#comment-538 I use smart mailboxes a lot too, usually to have one with all my unread and flagged messages in it, so I have the same problem. I can't actually test this yet because my mail.app is still chugging through hundreds of mails, but does setting the smart mailbox to only include messages from the "All Mail" mailbox work (or conversely not in any of the other mailboxes)? This way it should exclude the duplicate versions in other mailboxes/labels. I use smart mailboxes a lot too, usually to have one with all my unread and flagged messages in it, so I have the same problem.

I can’t actually test this yet because my mail.app is still chugging through hundreds of mails, but does setting the smart mailbox to only include messages from the “All Mail” mailbox work (or conversely not in any of the other mailboxes)? This way it should exclude the duplicate versions in other mailboxes/labels.

]]> by: Robert http://team.bkwld.com/2007/12/01/gmail-imap-not-there-yet/#comment-105 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:46:19 +0000 http://team.bkwld.com/2007/12/01/gmail-imap-not-there-yet/#comment-105 The unread junk mail message count is what I'm talking about that bugs me. But yeah, it's not part of my inbox. The unread junk mail message count is what I’m talking about that bugs me. But yeah, it’s not part of my inbox.

]]> by: Mark http://team.bkwld.com/2007/12/01/gmail-imap-not-there-yet/#comment-98 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:37:52 +0000 http://team.bkwld.com/2007/12/01/gmail-imap-not-there-yet/#comment-98 I never noticed the triple flag thing before. That is totally lame. I have a flagged smart folder, but I never use it. Sure enough, all my GMail messages are tripled in there. None of my .mac or other accounts are, though. I don't seem to have the junk mail problem you do. Maybe you have your junk mail folder configured differently. In Mail.app Preferences > Junk Mail, I have "Move it to the Junk mailbox" radio selected. In Preferences > Accounts > my GMail account, under Mailbox Behaviors, I have "Store junk messages on the server" checked, and "Delete junk messages when: One week old" selected. My junk mail folder does tell me how many unread junk mail messages there are, but it doesn't incorporate them with my inbox count, since they are not in my inbox. I do find that Mail.app can't connect to my IMAP GMail account from time to time. I don't have this problem with any of my other email accounts. I never noticed the triple flag thing before. That is totally lame. I have a flagged smart folder, but I never use it. Sure enough, all my GMail messages are tripled in there. None of my .mac or other accounts are, though.

I don’t seem to have the junk mail problem you do. Maybe you have your junk mail folder configured differently. In Mail.app Preferences > Junk Mail, I have “Move it to the Junk mailbox” radio selected. In Preferences > Accounts > my GMail account, under Mailbox Behaviors, I have “Store junk messages on the server” checked, and “Delete junk messages when: One week old” selected.

My junk mail folder does tell me how many unread junk mail messages there are, but it doesn’t incorporate them with my inbox count, since they are not in my inbox.

I do find that Mail.app can’t connect to my IMAP GMail account from time to time. I don’t have this problem with any of my other email accounts.

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