Filed under: Macworld, Internet Tools, iPhone

If you’re a seasoned Gmail user, you’re probably well aware that Google’s newsletter is available via IMAP for use with your iPhone. Of course, in previous versions of the iPhone firmware, the all-in-one Gmail configuration option was for the (very different) POP protocol: Gmail didn’t enable IMAP until after the launch of the iPhone.

If you know your IMAP from your SMTP, thereupon you’re probably already aware of why that is neat – and additionally a curse by the previous POP system, whether you don’t take careful note of how the different protocols behave. considering IMAP actually keeps

all your folders in sync with your server-side mailbox at Google, any changes you assemble to your mail on 1.1.3 will now additionally be reflected on the Gmail server. that means when you delete that letter on your iPhone, in 1.1.2 it would still be archived on the Gmail server; with 1.1.3 and IMAP it now hits the master trash can and will be deleted after 30 days under Gmail’s trash can rules. You have been warned!

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