[OT] Re: imap problems

[Dirk Freitag]

Avi Greenbury wrote:
> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>     Yes it could be a google error. But I did check the gmail setup and 
>> it seems to be fine. 
> 
> This rules out a configuration error at your end. It doesn't rule out 
> Google's IMAP server falling over.
> Quite often my Thunderbird just doesn't get a response from Google's 
> IMAP servers. I just wait a bit and it starts working again. It always 
> affects both my Gmail accounts at the same time, and both tend to start 
> working again at the same time.
> 
> 
>> 			This is just such a strange problem. I changed my 
>> password to one very hard. But you use the thing EVERY time you connect 
>> to gmail and it is easy I expect to to get anyones password.
> 
> It's certainly not impossible, but what makes you think someone's got 
> your password?
> 

Just out of curiosity, if IMAP has so many issues with Gmail servers, 
why use IMAP at all?  I personally use POP and have never had a problem 
connecting to Gmail servers.


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Dirk Freitag
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