Switching is a hassle, but what I did was: 1. Switch all my mailing list subscriptions over. 2. Let the important people know about the change. 3. Reply to all Gmail messages using iCloud. 4. Eventually, set up Gmail to filter nothing and forward everything to iCloud, not keeping a copy.
Now, even if I get something in Gmail, it arrives via iCloud and I can deal with it from that account. Unfortunately, I never ran into the problems you are having and so cannot comment on any possible fixes for them, but I can say that switching to iCloud wasn't nearly as bad as I anticipated. Pus, the setup for iCloud mail on new or re-installed devices could not be easier, compared to all the bother of configuring Gmail or other accounts, especially those codes you need to use if you use two-step verification for Gmail. On Jul 11, 2014, at 8:19 PM, Tristan <theblinddj...@gmail.com> wrote: > My main problem is indeed the Imap. I had a rather lively discussion > about the issues on this list a while back. I managed to converse with > Google and Apple, and it was fixed for a while, but now no matter what > I do e-mails either 1) Don't arrive or show up on time, 2) Aren't sent > immediately (even with refresh), or 3) Are unceremoniously dumped into > my Archives folder, even though I went through the process to make > this not happen under the imap settings for Gmail on their website. > I'll probably eventually switch to my iCloud e-mail address, but at > this point it seems like an enormous hastle to switch everything over, > and could be rather lengthy especially as I am in a position of having > to e-mail back and forth with possible employers and other companies. > If you know of a way to fix the Gmail issue, I'd be open to anything, > really. I like the way Apple Mail interacts with iCloud accounts, but > the system Gmail uses for Imap totally screws Apple Mail up. I know > this also used to work in Mountain Lion to my knowledge, but since the > update to Mavericks it's been extremely intermittent. I use Gmail fine > on my iOS devices as well. > Thanks, Jason -- I'll look into those. > > On 7/11/14, Jason White <ja...@jasonjgw.net> wrote: >> Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> To my knowledge, there is >>> not much in the way of accessible mail clients for OS X aside from the >>> default one. >> >> There is Mutt, of course, and presumably Alpine as well as Emacs-based mail >> readers such as Gnus and VM. I don't know whether Mozilla Thunderbird is >> accessible under OS X. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
