I've been using POP for my email clients for a long time. Now that I'm using an iPhone as well, IMAP seems a logical step.
But I have a few questions. Currently I'm using gmail and have it set up as IMAP in Mail.app. But it's downloaded all my emails from my gmail "All Mail" folder/ label (several years worth). the first problem with this is that i'm on a laptop, and space is an issue. The second problem is that it seems that everytime an mail is added to the "All Mail" folder, Time Machine backs up the entire folder (over a GB worth). Not only is this a drain on my network, it will quickly fill up my backup drive. My question is this: what is the best way to set up IMAP for use with the iPhone/a laptop? Is it possible to to the following: Mail.app: keep only local copies of messages in my inbox (not every message that is on the servers). When I delete a message in my inbox in Mail.app, have it archive it on the gmail servers. iPhone: archive messages on gmail servers when deleted from iPhone inbox? I really like using IMAP because it keeps my inboxes synced across all my machines, but I don't want to have to keep years of email locally on my machine. thanks, rick _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be November 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
