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Zoli's Blog: Gmail IMAP and Microsoft’s Desktop Push

  • scott cate · 2 years ago
    does this have any effect on syncing with mobile phones? and not just email, but also the cal and contacts?
  • Marc Orchant · 2 years ago
    You're right Zoli but missed an important dimension to this announcement. While the implications are indeed big as far as desktop work is concerned, IMAP in Gmail is also a huge win for users of smartphones and other mobile devices (iPhone, Nokia N800/810, Treo, etc.) who'd like to manage all of their e-mail transactions in a single client.
  • Zoli Erdos · 2 years ago
    Indeed, you're right, Marc, thanks - see update in post.
  • Steve Duncan · 2 years ago
    It's a shame they haven't gotten around to enabling IMAP on their Gmail for domains accounts yet.
  • Buck · 2 years ago
    Offline sync for all productivity apps - cal, contacts, docs, CRM - is vital for folks like me who live in a place where frequent power and connectivity outages are the norm (Florida). Without some semblance of my data offline, when I can't get to the web (which is at least a weekly occurrence, even if only for an hour or so), I can't get anything done, can't get the details of my schedule and contacts' info, etc. Not cool. Love Zoho but for now, only for collaboration - still keep local synced copies.