gmail account question

[Hyperblaze]

I just acquired a gmail account from google, and now wondering if it's only web-based or if pop/imap and smtp servers are also available. Would be nice if there were. Would anyone know?

 

Why would it? The only reason Google is offering Gmail is so that the company can search your email and offer targeted text ads. Why would they offer POP and IMAP servers? That would obliterate their business model.

 

[RossMAN]

The answer is NO but here's a neat GMail utility:
http://johnvey.com/features/gmailapi/

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Why would it? The only reason Google is offering Gmail is so that the company can search your email and offer targeted text ads. Why would they offer POP and IMAP servers? That would obliterate their business model.

That's a fact.

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: jumpr
Why would it? The only reason Google is offering Gmail is so that the company can search your email and offer targeted text ads. Why would they offer POP and IMAP servers? That would obliterate their business model.

That's a fact.

Not really. POP at the least would still involve the e-mail sitting on their servers for a period of time. They could parse it, insert their own advertiser code and force you to download it as an HTML document. For POP clients asking the server to remove the messages after they're downloaded, the server could instead move it to the Archive folder or whatever.

 

[Hyperblaze]

yllus, you never cease to amaze me.

Rossman, thx for the link. you are again, one of my heros.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Jero
Rossman, thx for the link. you are again, one of my heros.

You're welcome. I haven't installed that application yet, what do you think of it?

 

[fredtam]

Does Gmail support automatic forwarding and POP3 access?

Answer return to Help Center



Not at the moment, but Google believes in helping people access information whenever and however they want to do so. In the future you will be able to access Gmail messages from non-Gmail accounts for free or at a nominal fee.

 

[sciencewhiz]

try gsmtp57.google.com for smtp.

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Jero
Rossman, thx for the link. you are again, one of my heros.

You're welcome. I haven't installed that application yet, what do you think of it?

I'm gonna install it as soon as I get home.

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: jumpr
Why would it? The only reason Google is offering Gmail is so that the company can search your email and offer targeted text ads. Why would they offer POP and IMAP servers? That would obliterate their business model.

That's a fact.

Funny that, Gmail team are working on it as a future feature
Gmail features requests - although you need to have a gmail account to check it out.

 

[fredtam]

Originally posted by: txxxx

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: jumpr
Why would it? The only reason Google is offering Gmail is so that the company can search your email and offer targeted text ads. Why would they offer POP and IMAP servers? That would obliterate their business model.

That's a fact.

Funny that, Gmail team are working on it as a future feature
Gmail features requests - although you need to have a gmail account to check it out.

In the future you will be able to access Gmail messages from non-Gmail accounts for free or at a nominal fee.

 

[RossMAN]

GMail question.

If I don't login to check my email for 3 months, is my account automatically deleted?

 

[cronos]

Originally posted by: txxxx

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: jumpr
Why would it? The only reason Google is offering Gmail is so that the company can search your email and offer targeted text ads. Why would they offer POP and IMAP servers? That would obliterate their business model.

That's a fact.

Funny that, Gmail team are working on it as a future feature
Gmail features requests - although you need to have a gmail account to check it out.

here's the summary for people who don't have Gmail login:

POP3 access ---> we'll try
automatic msg forwarding ---> working on it

i personally prefer an IMAP rather than POP3 though.