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From: Andy Hewitt on 3 Aug 2010 07:52 ray <datasmog(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote: > > > Andy Hewitt wrote > > > So, it's back to Mail and switching the Gmail accounts back to POP, > > > which is by far the best solution I can figure out, although still not > > > quite what I was after. What I really want are the benefits of IMAP (the > > > ability the keep messages on a server, accessible from different > > > locations), but with the seamless integration you get with multiple POP > > > accounts (i.e. single In and Sent boxes). > > > > I too tried Gmail IMAP and hated it. > > > > I don't really understand your criticism of IMAP, though. Why don't you get > > single In and Sent boxes? I use several IMAP accounts, and in mail.app > > incoming mail all appears in one Inbox and sent mail all in one Sent box. The only IMAP accounts I've tried are the Gmail ones. The 'Inbox' is fine, but it's the faffing about with multiple locations for Spam and Trash, and just try running a Smart Mailbox on Gmail, you'll end up with multiple copies. However, I have now found a satisfactory solution with Jochem's suggestion here: http://db.tidbits.com/article/10253 I didn't know you had to specify, or indeed that it was actually possible, the links between Gmail's folders and the ones in Mail. I have now set this up, and also use MailHub to help filing, rather than using filters. > The way I manage email is > I have one mobile me account and several pop accounts on domain names, > plus 2 gmail IMAP accounts. Pretty much the same for me. > All forward mail to the mobile me account. I have reasons for not doing that, and really need to keep some messges completely separate. > The gmail accounts allow me to send mail from my primary business domain > name, the other domain names have specific send accounts set up so I can > use the smtp server to send replies. Mail makes it easy to specify which > smtp server to use for any account. All the pop and gmail accounts are > set up in mail but set offline so they don't check for mail and nothing > ever appears in the mail boxes. > I only have to check one email account, the mobile me one, which is > IMAP. > The mobile me rules are good enough to handle any filtering and of > course I have SpamSieve. > If I need to check anything on the gmail accounts, mark as read or > delete anything, I can easily do it from mail by bringing the accounts > briefly online. Google deletes spam over 30 days old anyway. > > I find this works for me, and I really don't like what gmail IMAP does > in Mail or any other email app I've tried it with. Yes, it's not much better in Thunderbird et al either. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Martin S Taylor on 3 Aug 2010 08:40
ray wrote > and of course I have SpamSieve. I use SpamEater as well. Because SpamEater is a server-side filter, it filters your IMAP accounts even if your Mac is asleep. MST |