Summary
I have several email accounts on several domains. All support POP and some do not support iMAP (Comcast).
As you know, there is no real synching of the actions on the emails (read, delete, send folder, etc) when using the POP protocol. I have been reading about leveraging GMail (or others) for their iMAP capabilities. By setting up a GMAIL account that checks all of the other email accounts and then having my email client and iPhone just check Gmail via iMAP. I have several questions about this approach and would like to know if anyone has actually successfully accomplished this using the tools & client software I am using. In general, I am looking for a way to more efficiently manage my emails.
Current Setup:
Requirements:
I have several email accounts on several domains. All support POP and some do not support iMAP (Comcast).
- I have a Mac and an iPhone & iPad
- I currently use Thunderbird on my Mac as my main client
- I currently use the native email application on the iPhone & iPad
- I currently am using POP for all accounts. From my mobile devices I am leaving messages on server. This allows me to check mail remotely on iPhone etc and maintain my emails once I get home on my email client. But, obviously makes a bit of duplicate work when I get home as well.
As you know, there is no real synching of the actions on the emails (read, delete, send folder, etc) when using the POP protocol. I have been reading about leveraging GMail (or others) for their iMAP capabilities. By setting up a GMAIL account that checks all of the other email accounts and then having my email client and iPhone just check Gmail via iMAP. I have several questions about this approach and would like to know if anyone has actually successfully accomplished this using the tools & client software I am using. In general, I am looking for a way to more efficiently manage my emails.
Current Setup:
- [email protected]
- [email protected] GODADDY owned domain
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- [email protected] GODADDY owned domain
Requirements:
- Would like to receive all emails on any device (Mac, iPhone, web) AND have the actions against them (read, delete, sent folder, etc) reflected on all devices; I currently receive emails on all devices but there is no synchronization of actions or folders as I am using POP
- Would like the ability to see folders and utilize folders across all platforms -- at least going forward as I suspect existing folders on my Mac eMail client will not be able to be viewed/synched
- Must be able to reply to a sender using the email that they sent to automatically. For example, if I receive an email to [email protected] I want to be able to use REPLY and have the sender (reply-from) be the same [email protected]. I don't want to have to choose an account, it should reply-from automatically with the correct account and thus appear to the original sender as if it came from where they sent their email.