Comments on: How to Control GMail and Get POP Messages to Download on All Mail Clients http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/07/11635/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:18:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brandon Martinez http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/07/11635/comment-page-1/#comment-394260 Brandon Martinez Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:32:35 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/07/11635/#comment-394260 Awesome tip! I hope to get a laptop soon, so that should come in handy. However, until then, I find this setup to be convenient as well (though, it doesn't work if you absolutely NEED two clients, such as if you have a laptop and a desktop): 1. When I'm home, I use Mail.app to fetch the email using POP3. That way, I have a backup on my computer (in the event that something happens to Gmail, God forbid) and can easily search through my e-mail via spotlight or Mail. 2. When I'm on the go, I just use gmail.com (whether by phone or some other computer). My inbox is clean from the last time I checked my mail via POP3, so only new messages appear there. 3. Since I always download my email from home, it archives everything on gmail.com (adding to the point that only new mail will show up when I'm on the go), keeping my mobile inbox clean :) I'm sure many of you do something similar, just thought I'd share my practice... Awesome tip! I hope to get a laptop soon, so that should come in handy. However, until then, I find this setup to be convenient as well (though, it doesn’t work if you absolutely NEED two clients, such as if you have a laptop and a desktop):

1. When I’m home, I use Mail.app to fetch the email using POP3. That way, I have a backup on my computer (in the event that something happens to Gmail, God forbid) and can easily search through my e-mail via spotlight or Mail.

2. When I’m on the go, I just use gmail.com (whether by phone or some other computer). My inbox is clean from the last time I checked my mail via POP3, so only new messages appear there.

3. Since I always download my email from home, it archives everything on gmail.com (adding to the point that only new mail will show up when I’m on the go), keeping my mobile inbox clean :)

I’m sure many of you do something similar, just thought I’d share my practice…

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