With IMAP you can choose which folders on the email host to copy to Outlook. With IMAP you can choose which folders on the email host to copy to a local device. With Outlook you’ll probably want to replicate all folders so you can view anything you need when offline. It also makes backups more […]
Working with Gmail ‘starred’ messages in Outlook If you have used Gmail then you must be aware of the “Starred folder” (shown within the red circle in the below screenshot). In Gmail Stars are meant to give messages a special status to make them find easier when you search for particular mails. In Outlook instead […]
How to turn on IMAP on Google’s Gmail service. In order to make your email host connect with IMAP it may need to be configured in the host settings. This isn’t always necessary, in fact usually IMAP is turned on at the email host already. However Gmail requires you to turn on IMAP (or POP) […]
So you’d like to try IMAP? Here’s step-by-step instructions on how to setup Outlook for an IMAP connection. In this series we’ll look at how to setup IMAP. We’ll use Gmail as our host example because it’s free and well supported, however any IMAP host should work (most ISP based mail systems support IMAP). Although […]
Why you might prefer IMAP to get your email into Outlook. What are IMAP and POP? IMAP and POP are methods for retrieving email from an email host like your ISP, Hotmail, Yahoo, and Gmail so you can access it from your desktop through some of the common desktop email applications like Outlook. IMAP is […]
