If you use Gmail alongside other email clients like iCloud or Outlook, you'll eventually come across the terms IMAP and POP. IMAP is a protocol Gmail uses to sync your mail and determine where your ...

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The company now gives people some precise control over how other e-mail applications can use Gmail with IMAP. It's minor, but it shows the wisdom of Google's approach. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Google said it has fixed a problem that was causing Windows Mobile phone users to receive blank Gmail messages. In October, Google began supporting IMAP for Gmail. That means messages that mobile ...