1. Gmail in other readers Why IMAP is the best thing that ever happened to you

2. ACCESS Why do we love Gmail Hotmail Yahoo! Mail? You can get at your mail wherever you are! Access

3. Control CONTROL Why do we love our email reading programs? Store, sort, respond, customize, file, auto-actions (rules!)

4. What’s the difference To: adood@foo.bar FOO.BAR

5. FETCH So how do you get your web email into your local reader? Two choices: POP IMAP Fetch

6. POP vs. IMAP POP: Easy. Load email into local program. Removed from server. That’s fine if you always read your email in the same place! IMAP: Check server for changes. Send changes to server. Wherever you are, your inbox stays the same! POP vs. IMAP

7. In Soviet Union, server updates YOU! (Use IMAP) Server updates you

8. Usually, server admin chooses mechanism Gmail lets YOU choose! Click on Settings Set it up: Go to settings

9. Select Forwarding and POP/IMAP to access external mail settings Set it up: Go into POP/IMAP

10. Turn off POP Turn on IMAP Set it up: POP off, IMAP on

11. Set up new account on your chosen email reader Away you go, happy as a clam! (How happy is a clam?) Take the rest of the day off

12. Gmail and IMAP You. Email. Flexibility. Control. jeffholton@mac.com 925-487-1300