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Re: POP v IMAP (Google Mail)

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On 2014-05-06, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> As I mentioned, I said I'd try IMAP again to see if the alleged 
> improvements in Apple Mail and Gmail IMAP were true.  Or at least 
> useful.  So into the breach - I've been using it since Sunday evening.
>
> While IMAP works fine, it creates a distraction in that items that are 
> automatically trashed (spam, etc) on the Google Mail server are now 
> visible in Apple mail as a growing badge count in Trash.  A distraction 
> and no clear way to eliminate that.  When I trash spam (etc) on Google's 
> server but otherwise use POP for access, then that trash is not visible 
> in Apple Mail on my Mac.  So I don't see it, I don't have to clear it.
>
> (Note that I have Apple mail set to not show a count of unopened mail 
> that I trash automatically.  That works fine for all the POP accounts, 
> but for IMAP it seems immune - if that alone were fixed on the Apple 
> Mail side, all would be fine).
>
> Also some strange behaviour wrt to archived mails on Gmail occasionally 
> popping into view in the archive folder in Gmail.
>
> So, as I (and a few others) keep saying, there are situations where IMAP 
> is not appropriate (or Golidlocksian "just right") for home users and 
> this is one of them.
>
> Back to POP (which requires mild subterfuge in Apple Mail for Google 
> accounts).

If such trivial things caused me to jump ship, I doubt there's an email
client in existence that would satisfy me. Luckily, little things like
badge counts on the trash are hardly enough to prevent me from using my
email client.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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POP v IMAP (Google Mail) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-06 17:32 -0400
  Re: POP v IMAP (Google Mail) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-07 01:58 +0000
    Re: POP v IMAP (Google Mail) billy@MIX.COM - 2014-05-07 19:45 +0000
      Re: POP v IMAP (Google Mail) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-07 20:12 +0000
    Re: POP v IMAP (Google Mail) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-07 17:54 -0400
  Re: POP v IMAP (Google Mail) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-05-07 00:57 -0400
    Re: POP v IMAP (Google Mail) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-07 17:57 -0400
  Re: POP v IMAP (Google Mail) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-07 05:18 +0000
  Re: POP v IMAP (Google Mail) Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-05-07 15:37 +0100
    Re: POP v IMAP (Google Mail) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-07 17:58 -0400
      Re: POP v IMAP (Google Mail) Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-05-07 23:25 +0100

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