Comments on: Configuring IMAP for Gmail, Mail.app, and iPhone (and iPod touch) (and probably iPad)

By: Noah

Noah — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:38:03 +0000

Hi Kmuri,

I suspect activesync is a completely different protocol than IMAP, and therefore has different settings.

-Noah

By: kmuri

kmuri — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:11:20 +0000

Does this configuration still apply if Gmail on iPhone is set up to use ActiveSync? Thanks!

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:03:24 +0000

Is anyone else having issues with using Gmail’s Spam folder as the Junk Mailbox? i followed the steps above, to properly sort drafts and trash and such, but the Gmail spam folder won’t budge. I have tried to “use this mailbox for>junk” 50 times and the folder stays put under the Gmail heading. Any suggestions? Thanks!!

By: Brandt

Brandt — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:24:37 +0000

Very happy to see that new iPhone iOS 4.0 has feature to turn on or to turn off gmail archiving (turning this off will DELETE files when you delete them). Go to Settings|[Your Gmail IMAP Account] and on the main page there is a setting called “Archive Messages” which can be turned on or off. Setting this to “On” (default) will archive messages when you swipe. Setting to “Off” will delete them. Thanks GMail – finally!

By: Neel

Neel — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:40:22 +0000

I’m also having the same problem as Simon.

I followed your instructions and did: “Spam” > Use this mailbox for > “Junk”. Once I reboot Mail.app tho, it reverts back to how it was before. There is no “Junk” folder, and the “Spam” folder is back under “[Gmail]“. If I try to repeat the process of “use this mailbox for”, it won’t work.

OS: Snow Leopard 10.6.3
Mail: 4.2
Gmail: IMAP

Hopefully, it is a change by either Apple or Google, or there is a fix. Thanks!

By: Noah

Noah — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:13:22 +0000

@ Hi Karen,

I’m not sure I understand your question.

If the messages are already gone from gmail and are not saved anywhere else, they may be gone. Existing messages that have been saved elsewhere and are no longer in gmail shouldn’t cause any problems and should remain where they are, regardless of settings.

In the future, you can save messages locally by clicking the [+] button in the lower left corner of the left column and selecting New Mailbox… When prompted for location select On My Mac. Once that folder exists, drag messages from gmail into that folder. They will be stored locally, on your Mac, and will no longer be dependent on or synchronized with the gmail account.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:36:32 +0000

Hi–I think this is working great–but I had deleted messages off gmail that I had on my computer and still want. I am thoroughly confused about how to reconcile this….

Thanks

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By: Thom

Thom — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:09:15 +0000

I cannot get my Gmail Mailbox behaviors preferences to save. I change them then they go right back to what they were…. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?