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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

#59170 — POP v IMAP (Google Mail)

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).

-- 
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
  but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
      -Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07

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#59172

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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#59180

Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> writes:

> If such trivial things caused me to jump ship, I doubt there's
> an email client in existence that would satisfy me.

Well, there is...

> Luckily, little things like badge counts on the trash are
> hardly enough to prevent me from using my email client.

...MailMate gives you complete control of them.

http://manual.mailmate-app.com/preferences#counters_notifications

Example screen shots -

http://MIX.COM/MailMateCounters.png

Billy Y..
-- 
        sub     #'9+1   ,r0             ; convert ascii byte
	add     #9.+1   ,r0             ; to an integer
	bcc     20$                     ; not a number

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#59181

On 2014-05-07, billy@MIX.COM <billy@MIX.COM> wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> If such trivial things caused me to jump ship, I doubt there's
>> an email client in existence that would satisfy me.
>
> Well, there is...
>
>> Luckily, little things like badge counts on the trash are
>> hardly enough to prevent me from using my email client.
>
> ...MailMate gives you complete control of them.
>
> http://manual.mailmate-app.com/preferences#counters_notifications
>
> Example screen shots -
>
> http://MIX.COM/MailMateCounters.png
>
> Billy Y..

Thanks.

I've looked at MailMate and others in the past; but none of them offer
anything I need that Apple's Mail doesn't already give me.

-- 
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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#59182

On 2014.05.06, 21:58 , Jolly Roger wrote:
> 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.

I occasionally glance at my mail (on my side screen) to see if anything 
has come in.  No badges - nothing to do.  The mere presence of the badge 
is enough to cause me pause (and I have, at some point, to clear them). 
  Distraction and yet another bit of housekeeping to do.

But Howard nudged me to look at a filter condition on GMail that I 
hadn't considered and indeed it can set the trashed e-mail as "unread" 
... so I'll try IMAP again when I have some time later this week.

-- 
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
  but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
      -Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07

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#59174

On 14-05-06 17:32, Alan Browne wrote:

> 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. 

You can try Thunderbird as email client. It has far fewer bells and
whistles and less likely to have you participate in phishing scams.

There may also be preferences in Apple Mail that disable the badging of
folders on remote mailboxes.

You need to remember that IMAP gives your email cleint a view on your
complete remote mailbox. You can create folders on the remote mailbox,
move mail to/from it and organise all your mail on the remote mailbox.
That organisation is automaticxally reflected on all your devices.

For instance, prior to leaving ona trip, I create a folder with all
relevant emails (reservations, boarding passes etc) on my desktop. And
that folder automatically becomes available on my iPhone and Laptop
which I bring with me on the trip (or just iPhone).

Other advantage is that if you read an email on any device, it is marked
as read when you access your mailbox from any other device.

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#59183

On 2014.05.07, 00:57 , JF Mezei wrote:
> On 14-05-06 17:32, Alan Browne wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> You can try Thunderbird as email client. It has far fewer bells and
> whistles and less likely to have you participate in phishing scams.

I used to use it on Windows and was very satisfied with it for mail.

When I first got a Mac I used Apple Mail but wasn't very happy with it 
so I began using Thunderbird (since I use it for usenet anyway...).

But I deal with a lot of attachments for various apps, esp. MS Office, 
pdf and images.  Thunderbird's marriage to OS X in that respect was 
pretty poor.

Eventually I went back to Apple Mail and I've stuck with it.  Not but 
the best integration with OS X for what I do.

>
> There may also be preferences in Apple Mail that disable the badging of
> folders on remote mailboxes.

If there are, I can't find them.  I looked.  It does work for local 
(POP'd) messages.  After reading Howard's message it occurred to me that 
I hadn't gone deep enough on the Gmail side.  See my reply to him.

>
> You need to remember that IMAP gives your email cleint a view on your
> complete remote mailbox. You can create folders on the remote mailbox,
> move mail to/from it and organise all your mail on the remote mailbox.
> That organisation is automaticxally reflected on all your devices.

No shit.

-- 
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
  but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
      -Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07

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#59175

In message <nNadnfQil8FlyfTOnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d@giganews.com> 
  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

Again, Gmail is not IMAP. It is sort of like IMAP. It can work with an
IMAP client, mostly.

It is *not* IMAP. Judging IMAP based on Gmail (and especially on gmail
with a specific client) is a bit like judging rugby based on seeing a
FIFA World Cup qualifier or an NFL game.

-- 
'Who's that playing now, Mr. Dibbler?' "'And you".' 'Sorry, Mr.
Dibbler?' 'Only they write it &U,' said Dibbler. --Soul Music

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#59176

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).

I have been using Mail and Gmail together in IMAP form for several years
and experience NONE of these issues. I suspect your setup is not fully
correct.


-- 
Howard

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#59184

On 2014.05.07, 10:37 , Howard wrote:
> 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).
>
> I have been using Mail and Gmail together in IMAP form for several years
> and experience NONE of these issues. I suspect your setup is not fully
> correct.

Thanks Howard, it seems you're right!  I was looking for the solution on 
the Apple Mail side when it is on the Gmail side.

I just looked at Gmail settings and I see that in my filters I was not 
marking filtered and trashed SPAM as "read".

So I'll give it another try when I get 'roundtuit.

-- 
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
  but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
      -Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07

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#59185

Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

> Thanks Howard, it seems you're right!  I was looking for the solution on
> the Apple Mail side when it is on the Gmail side.
> 
> I just looked at Gmail settings and I see that in my filters I was not
> marking filtered and trashed SPAM as "read".
> 
> So I'll give it another try when I get 'roundtuit.

This is an oldy but a goody.

I imagine some of it is out of date but I learned a lot from it.

http://db.tidbits.com/article/10253



-- 
Howard

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