Where is the problem? Yes gMail has imap support, but the apex can't handle this. You will have to use pop3 on the apex. In practical terms, imap lets you make changes (move mail, read it, delete it, whatever) on any imap-enabled device, such as an iPhone or a desktop mail client. These changes are synced, so if you move ten messages to the trash on your iPhone, the imap protocol means that the gMail site will show the ten messages as trashed, as will your Outlook program on Windows and the Mail program on your Macbook. Similarly, making changeds in any of those clients will change all the other ones. It is an ideal solution for most users... but, surprisingly, the bn has zero imap support.
What the bn does have is pop3 support. Pop is a basic mail retrieval method. The apex gets the messages from the server, and that's it. If you set it to leave messages on the server after receving, other mail clients will see the messages you already read on the bn. If, however, you set it to delete messages after receiving, they disappear to all other clients and only exist on the bn. So, if the bn crashes or keymail corrupts its own database, as it often does, you lose the only copy of all your messages. On the flip side, though, leaving them on the server all the time ensures they are always on the gMail site but means that you may get duplicate messages a lot. The best thing I have found to do is to use the gmail site on the apex to manage mail, and use imap-capable mail clients, like the Mail app on my iPod, when I don't want to use the site. If keymail supported imap we wouldn't have this problem, but hw has failed to introduce this feature for many years, plus let other keymail bugs stand, so I don't think we will see it any time soon. Also, there is a problem with gmail, so the "delete after receiving" setting is not honored. I believe gmail will leave your messages on the server no matter what. This may have been fixed by now, I'm not sure. On 2/24/12, Allison Fallin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > I have a friend who is trying to set up a g-mail account and > she's running into problems. Can someone send me the steps to > doing this? From what I understand g-mail has an I-map server. > Don't know what this means but this is what I've been told. I > assume from what I've read in earlier posts, that you can use a > g-mail account with a Bn. She has an Apex. Thanks for any help. > Allison Fallin > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
