Comments on The Julipedia: Blog: IMAP gateway to GMail

If anyone's willing to comment on the setup proces...

2009-11-23T19:44:57.243+01:00

If anyone's willing to comment on the setup process (for Perl newbies like me) I'm sure more people besides me would appreciate it. I'm usually able to work through any error messages I get when trying new things like this, but Perl is uncharted territory!

Well that could be usefull. I'm actualy use the fo...

2009-11-23T19:44:56.677+01:00

Well that could be usefull. I'm actualy use the forwarding functin of GMail to forward new emails to an other email client.
A short step by step manual could be usefull...

I understand that gmail would prefer people to use...

2006-10-17T01:44:00.000+02:00

I understand that gmail would prefer people to use their interface, but like I know if the imap option was available, i wouldn't consider leaving gmail. Gmail - enable imap :)

Hmmm this isn't working for me even with the patch...

2006-10-12T20:34:00.000+02:00

Hmmm this isn't working for me even with the patch:
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=22058

anyone have any ideas?

I've updated the post with answers to some of the ...

2006-08-26T17:26:00.000+02:00

I've updated the post with answers to some of the questions raised here.

Disclaimer: I'm still very much a newbie, but her...

2006-08-26T00:33:00.000+02:00

Disclaimer: I'm still very much a newbie, but here's what I've discovered so far. Your mileage may vary, etc, etc. (I'm using OS X 10.4.7)

1) Connect to CPAN by typing:
perl -MCPAN -e shell
2) Make sure the dependencies mentioned in the Makefile
3) Type:
install GMail::IMAPD
4) You're on your own from there :)

I'm in need of direction, too -- is it just the co...

2006-08-25T21:58:00.000+02:00

I'm in need of direction, too -- is it just the code between SYNOPSIS and the two-commented-lines that we need to save and execute? I did that, can run it, but can't get Thunderbird to connect on localhost:1143. I also tried gmailusername and gmailusername@gmail.com to no avail. Am I forgetting something?

Yes, I grabbed the tarball from CPAN page; I insta...

2006-08-14T17:50:00.000+02:00

Yes, I grabbed the tarball from CPAN page; I installed the patch and can now authenticate without a problem. With Thunderbird on a PC, it connects and shows the folders ("Inbox", "All", "Spam", "Starred") but never shows a message list. With Chatter on the Treo, it shows "FolderList" for some time, then crashes the phone (not sure exactly what it's doing at this point). The log simply shows Connect and LOGIN with no other information.

I'll keep trying, thanks for your help so far -- this is very exciting, as the only major problem with Gmail is the lack of IMAP (and thus the lack of any real ability to use Gmail with a smartphone/BlackBerry/etc).

Jason: Are you using the pkgsrc package or the dis...

2006-08-13T16:38:00.000+02:00

Jason: Are you using the pkgsrc package or the distribution straight from CPAN? The pkgsrc package has a bug fix for the login process; see the patch.

I got this to run using the example script with pe...

2006-08-13T16:30:00.000+02:00

I got this to run using the example script with perl-5.8.6-24 on FC4; however, when connecting with ChatterEmail (a great IMAP client for the Treo smartphone) I get the following in the log:
cmd_LOGIN: gmail error: Error: Could not login with those credentials
Additionally, HTTP error: 200 OK

I've tried the username with and without the @gmail.com; the same information pasted in a browser logs in fine so I'm not just mistyping something.

I havn't tried another client (as Chatter is what I'd prefer to use it with); any ideas?

I know... and I used to use it, but it is not as c...

2006-08-10T17:27:00.000+02:00

I know... and I used to use it, but it is not as comfortable as IMAP could be.

E.g. I tend to leave pending stuff into the inbox until I deal with it (which may be even months...); if this is downloaded into some machine, I can easily lose its track.

They do implement pop3s (POP3 over SSL), on pop.gm...

2006-08-10T15:18:00.000+02:00

They do implement pop3s (POP3 over SSL), on pop.gmail.com:995.