Never heard that before. I always assumed that you have to give Gmail time to propagate the enabling of the IMAP or POP services. I can't stand local clients anymore so my experience is pretty limited.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Andrew Niemantsverdriet < andrewniema...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know if it is because we use the premier edition but POP3 or > IMAP is turned on automatically by checking POP3 or IMAP twice in a > row. The first time if fails but the second time it succeeds, no > logging into the account manually. > > Thanks, > _ > /-\ ndrew > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM, David E. Smith <d...@mvn.net> wrote: > > Patrick Nix Jr. wrote: > >> For those who may be using Google's branded services for ISPs can > >> someone tell me where to go to find more information and how is it > >> working for you. > > > > If I were starting a new outfit today, I'd probably just let them do all > > the hard work, and host all my users' email. Domain names and Web > > hosting are dirt-cheap, and if you want to be "just" an Internet access > > provider, not doing any hosting and having relatively little > > server-room-type infrastructure, it's a good way to save a few bucks. > > > > For a pre-existing outfit, though, migrating to Google Apps could be > > tricky. For us, the one really big stumbling block was the fact that > > most of our users use POP3 and something like Outlook Express or > > Thunderbird. When last I looked into this, the Google Apps API wouldn't > > let you enable POP3 and IMAP automatically. We'd have been forced to > > have someone manually log into every mailbox and turn that on. > > > > (They said it was to force users to accept their TOS, but I can't escape > > the feeling that Google wants people to use the Web interface because > > that's where the ads are; forcing that initial login gives them a free > > shot at showing you the Gmail interface, which admittedly is awfully > > attractive.) > > > > David Smith > > MVN.net > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
