Hello Tom, and a warm welcome to the list! Just to clarify, your Gmail account isn't "an IMAP account." You can use either IMAP or POP or both. You don't have to pick one and use it exclusively. If you only get a few Emails (say under fifty per day) you might find that POP works just fine in Keymail on the BrailleNote. People's experiences vary with Keymail; I actually have pretty good luck with it as well. But of course, it's severely lacking in features - filters, synchronization with Outlook, IMAP support, HTML Email, sorting by thread, and so forth. If you want to read certain Emails at certain times (say personal Emails right away, but Emails from the BrailleNote list at another time) this is where filters come in handy. You can use the search feature for that, but you'll probably find that it doesn't always do what you'll need it to do.
Grant On 5/19/12, Tom Behler <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry about that. ... Charis is absolutely correct! > > My g-mail account is indeed an imap account, and I know that likely > complicates things. > > I don't know what would happen if I switched to a pop-server-type account, > although I remember that when I used to have one of those for g-mail, I > often had trouble sending e-mails from hotels and other places due to > security port issues. > > I truly appreciate everyone's patience here, and thank Charis for including > > the important detail that I left out last night. > > Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charis Austin" <[email protected]> > To: "'Chris Nusbaum'" <[email protected]>; "'Tom Behler'" > <[email protected]>; "'Braille Note e-mail list'" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 6:58 AM > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Doing e-mail with the Braille Note Apex > > >> Hello, >> >> When Tom wrote his message, he left out one important fact. His personal >> email is an imap account. >> >> Charis >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris >> Nusbaum >> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:30 PM >> To: 'Tom Behler'; 'Braille Note e-mail list' >> Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Doing e-mail with the Braille Note Apex >> >> Dr. Behler, >> >> Welcome to the list!! I hope you find it useful! I see you are a new user >> >> of >> the BrailleNote. If you would like to learn a wealth of information about >> the BrailleNote, including many tips and tricks written by users >> ourselves, >> I would encourage you to check out www.braillenoteusers.info. This Web >> site >> has many articles, tips, and podcasts about the BrailleNote, all written >> or >> recorded by BrailleNote users from around the world. >> >> As for accessing email on the BrailleNote, I come at this from a few >> different perspectives, as I have used 3 different methods now to access >> the >> same Gmail account. First, when I got my Gmail account, I used the Gmail >> Web >> site to access my email on a Windows laptop using JAWS. Later, I switched >> >> to >> using Keymail, the email program which is built into the BrailleNote to >> access my email, which I used exclusively for almost a year. Here's how I >> describe my experiences with Keymail to new users: It worked great... >> when >> it worked at all. As others have said, Keymail is prone to having many >> glitches; errors, database corruption, and program crashes. Humanware >> hasn't >> made any effort to fix these problems, so far as we (the users) can tell, >> >> so >> I would say if you want to use Keymail, it's OK, but I'm just warning you >> that the program doesn't always work the way it's supposed to. Now I'm >> using >> Microsoft Outlook 2010 on the same Windows laptop using JAWS. Actually, >> I'm >> finding Keymail looks a lot like Outlook. Outlook is just a lot more >> reliable. Out of all 3 programs, I have found Outlook to be my favorite >> by >> far, and that's not even on a BrailleNote. So, if you want to access >> email >> on the BrailleNote, I would encourage using the Gmail Web site. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Chris Nusbaum >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Behler >> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 9:13 PM >> To: Braille Note e-mail list >> Subject: [Braillenote] Doing e-mail with the Braille Note Apex >> >> Hello. >> >> I am a new member of the list, and am learning the ins and outs of my new >> Braille Note Apex BT32. >> >> I am trying to figure out the best way to do e-mail with the Apex when I >> am >> coming and going, and hence away from my computer. >> >> The people who gave me my initial training on Tuesday said that the Key >> Mail >> program that comes with the Apex does not work very well, and also has a >> tendency to crash. I very much trust their judgment on this, but was >> wondering what experiences others have had, and whether there seems to be >> any interest on the part of Humanware to fix these problems. >> >> In the meantime, my trainers suggest that I go with trying to access my >> personal g-mail account via the g-mail.com web site. >> >> I am going to try to get up and running with this, hopefully fairly soon, >> but one question I have is whether there is any way I can import my >> already-existing address book into the g-mail.com web site. Currently, I >> access my g-mail via Outlook Express on a Windows XP machine, and via >> Outlook 2010 on a Windows 7 laptop. >> >> Any thoughts on either aspect of this topic would be appreciated, and >> thanks >> very much for the warm welcome. >> >> Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan >> >> >> >> ___ >> 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 >> >> >> ___ >> 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 >> >> >> > > > ___ > 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 > > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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