Comments on: Gmail Adds IMAP

By: David Szpunar

David Szpunar — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:40:19 +0000

Interesting, I’ve never heard of Fastmail.fm but there are so many email services out there, I’m not really surprised (but I’ll have to check them out). I knew some smaller providers did provide IMAP but it is uncommon especially in large providers. Also, many web hosting plans that come with email accounts don’t provide IMAP. I know it’s due to server resources in most cases. And spam filtering is the main reason I switched a few domains to GAfYD from my server! A few domains have Google detecting over 25,000 spams per month on them, and a lot of what makes it into the inbox is spam that’s not even caught. That’s over 25k less emails my (personal) server has to deal with!

Thanks for the IMAP on GAfYD info; I did see that it was being rolled out so I’m sure the GAfYD account I checked just hadn’t been set up yet; I thought that might be the case but wasn’t sure.

By: Justin Moore

Justin Moore — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:32:06 +0000

David,

Fastmail.fm is a great free email provider. They’re kinda the nerdy kid in the class, but I’ve had a free account with them for about five years now – and I’ve had IMAP ever since I started. Spam filtering on Google Mail is way better though.

To answer your other question – all mail accounts should be getting it. From everything I’ve read, that includes regular gmail.com accounts and also GAfYD accounts.

By: David Szpunar

David Szpunar — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:25:55 +0000

Hmmm…not likely :-) While I wouldn’t argue with using Windows Mobile for a while to try it out and get familiar with it (makes supporting it easier), the only user I have running Windows Mobile inherited the phone and is anxiously awaiting his contract to run out in six months to switch to a Palm OS Treo. Now that they do ActiveSync…the various Palm Treos are pretty much all we use.

I have had Treo sync problems when using VersaMail with Exchange ActiveSync. But I’ve nearly always managed to fix them, or the device was defective. And having one platform to support (mostly) is really, really nice!

Why the push for the switch? I’d like to hear some arguments at least…I’m reasonable and open-minded if the right argument comes along.

By: Michael Sainz

Michael Sainz — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:13:19 +0000

Come on Dave, switch to Windows Mobile…you will like it.