When it was first introduced, IMAP was big news for iPhone users, but unfortunately Gmail users were left out of the loop. Now it appears that Google has finally come to their senses and are now providing IMAP support for Gmail accounts.

For Gmail users, this means better support for Gmail in Mail.app, Thunderbird and Entourage. More importantly, it also means a much better mail experience with the iPhone.

Gmail was nice enough to include these handy startup instructions for anyone looking to get IMAP going on their iPhone.

Interestingly, the first step is to not choose the Gmail button, but instead use the one marked “Other…”. Apparently this is a bug they’re still working out.

If you use Gmail and you give this a try, good luck. Let us know how it goes

Posted on October 24th, 2007 by admin
Filed under: iPhone News