It appears that Google is working on integrating IMAP into Gmail. Download Squad reader eD! Thomas sent in a tip letting us know he came across the new IMAP setting while snooping around Gmail. However, it is only appearing in select few Gmail and Google Apps for domains accounts at the moment.

When we checked Gmail Help database this evening, Gmail had said that they support POP, but not IMAP. Then a few minutes later, that doc was gone, and a stack of IMAP related help docs were up. The new pages explain how to integrate the new mail feature. It's as easy as setting up POP, but with huge benefits.

Why is IMAP integration a good thing for Gmail? POP was a stepping stone, but IMAP pushes Gmails benefits over the top. With IMAP, users can now access their email via a desktop application like Outlook or Thunderbird, read emails, make changes, delete, and have the changes made across platforms. So if you now log into your Gmail account, the message which you read in Thunderbird, will now be marked accordingly. No more wasting time trying to sift through emails that had already been answered.

Take a peek under your Settings in Gmail, and click into your 'Forwarding and POP/IMAP' tab to see if you are one of the lucky ones who got IMAP first.

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HOT DAMN!

I've got IMAP too!!!!!

Interesting news Chug, so thanks for sharing.

I do indeed have that option now, and maybe someday I'll consider switching to IMAP, but for now I'm sticking with the traditional POP.

The feature still hasn't appeared in my account yet, but it seems that they are slowly rolling it out to everyone. Really on desktop computers, I'd just prefer the web interface. And POP3 is just fine for backing up my mail locally, but I'm thinking that the IMAP support might be handy on my Windows Mobile device.

GMail is the best email system ever!

Fuck yes. Of course, it's not on my account yet.

Can't wait to use it with my iPhone.

i just found out that someone i know was majorly responsible for implementing this IMAP service and that should i had called him up last month i could have had it enabled for my account then...

Well tell them to enable it for my account, will ya?

Still no IMAP. This is getting annoying.

None here either.

Whoo I got it

Whoo I did too

Works fucking awesome with the iphone.

Amen! lol, finally a use for the email support on the iphone lol.

I still can't figure out how to unlock 1.1.1 though, argh. I revirginized my phone and followed idemocracy but it remains unactivated on 1.1.1 so i cant go through any of the steps . Ah well.. had to flash back to 1.0.2.

Edit: N/M 1.1.1 now.. woot.