Gmail is quite something

Karl F. Larsen klarsen1 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 27 21:10:09 UTC 2008


Gilles Gravier wrote:
> Hi, Karl!
>
> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>   
>>     I have been setting up Gmail to get this list and turned off the 
>> list going direct to me. This is now working. You need to set up Gmail 
>> by turning on IMAP and POP. These are complex functions that Gmail 
>> offers to every free user. Being a POP server is really a lot of work.
>>
>>     I am still on Thunderbird on my main or laptop computer, and Gmail 
>> sends the list to both places. Actually it gets the email on my Gmail 
>> account, and then sends it to whichever Thunderbird calls for POP 
>> traffic. Setting up the latest Thunderbird is simplicity itself. You 
>> just click Edit - Account settings and select a new account and on that 
>> panel select a Gmail account :-)
>>
>>     So my laptop which is off much more than on, gets updated with this 
>> list every time I get Internet to the laptop. There is no easy way to do 
>> this.
>>   
>>     
> It would probably be better for your to use IMAP with GMail. That way
> you maintain coherence completely between the browser version and the
> Thunderbird version. POP isn't good at coherence when multiple MUAs are
> involved...
>
> Gilles.
>
>   
    Hi Giles, well it turns out that Gmail also has a SMTP server. I 
tested by writing email from here on Gmail to my main zianet account. 
This leaves nothing on the Gmail message file but does deliver the mail. 
So I need POP to reach the SMTP.

          I think? :-)

Karl





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