IMAP on GMAIL

If you are GMAIL use, you can now set up your account to use Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) with your favourite e-mail program.

Unlike the older POP mail system, which typically confines message downloads to the computer or the device you are working on, IMAP is server-based so your mailbox has all the current messages no matter where you use it - on computer,web browser or mobile device. Using IMAP with GMAIL is free, and instructions on setting it up with different mail programs are at http://tinyurl.com/yofb19.

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