I don't use gmail but useful to know that Apples is sympathetic to users 
problems.

Stuart Breden
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On 08/11/2013, at 7:24 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Good Morning WAMUGers,
> "<http://tidbits.com/article/14280>
> 
> Apple has released an update for the Mail application in OS X 10.9 Mavericks 
> to address some of the Gmail issues outlined by Joe Kissell late last month 
> (see “Mail in Mavericks Changes the Gmail Equation,” 22 October 2013).
> 
> The 32.46 MB update, which can be downloaded from Apple’s Web site or via 
> Software Update, fixes several issues: the inability to delete, move, and 
> archive messages when using custom Gmail settings, inaccurate unread mail 
> counts, and additional — unspecified — compatibility fixes.
> 
> It’s clear that Apple intended to make Mail in 10.9 Mavericks work more 
> intuitively with Google’s popular mail service, but the result for many was a 
> broken mess. It’ll take time before we know for sure if Apple’s update solves 
> the problems, but Gmail has never used a standard IMAP implementation, so 
> there will likely be other incompatibilities in the future. Your best bet may 
> be to use something like Mailplane, which encapsulates the Gmail Web app into 
> a native Mac wrapper (to see why TidBITS Publisher Adam Engst likes 
> Mailplane, see “Zen and the Art of Gmail, Part 4: Mailplane,” 16 March 2011), 
> or to follow in the footsteps of Joe and leave Gmail for a more 
> standards-compliant email provider (see “Joe Kissell Says Sayonara to Gmail,” 
> 31 October 2013)."
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ronni
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
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