google mail and thunderbird -

[Les Mikesell]

Marc Schwartz wrote:
>
>> Can someone tell me how to deal with this mess?  At least point me in
>> the right direction.  I am still in shock and not sure what to do
>> next!
>>
>> Bob Goodwin
> 
> You can access GMail just like any other POP or IMAP e-mail server.
> 
> Start here or do a Google search for "Thunderbird Gmail":
> 
> For POP:
>   http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=12805
> 
> For IMAP:
>   http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=12806
> 
> You can retain the filters in Thunderbird after fetching the e-mail from
> Gmail or use the Gmail labels and filters to organize the e-mail into
> virtual folders for using the Gmail web interface.
> 
> Take a deep breathe and do some reading...  :-)

One way to use gmail is to grab everything with POP either directly from 
a mail client, or with fetchmail and dump into your own IMAP server if 
you use several clients.  These days you can use IMAP directly with 
gmail but since gmail lets you save an enormous amount of mail it can be 
slow when you connect a new client.   You can configure gmail to archive 
a copy when you download via POP.  This lets you delete your copy as you 
read it, but still be able to access it later if you use the gmail web 
interface.

-- 
    Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell at gmail.com