> However, Gmail's web interface, and Gmail's proprietary mobile apps, > almost certainly do *not* use IMAP2 to communicate with the Gmail > servers. As has already been pointed out in this thread, they likely > use a proprietary protocol optimised for that proprietary environment.
Noted and taken note of. Thank you. Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individual in Singapore 20 Apr 2022 Wednesday On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 at 22:16, Sam Kuper <sampabloku...@posteo.net> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 09:51:18PM +0800, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming > wrote: > > I believe Gmail is using IMAP. The instructions for configuring Gmail > > email accounts in Outlook specifically mention IMAP server hostname: > > > > imap.gmail.com > > > > TCP Port 993, SSL > > Gmail offers an IMAP2 endpoint so that users can connect to Gmail with > IMAP2 clients (Thunderbird, Claws, Apple's Mail.app, or whatever) if > they wish to. > > However, Gmail's web interface, and Gmail's proprietary mobile apps, > almost certainly do *not* use IMAP2 to communicate with the Gmail > servers. As has already been pointed out in this thread, they likely > use a proprietary protocol optimised for that proprietary environment. > > Sam
