Basically, you have to make your “all mail” visible on anything that uses gmail if you want Apple Mail to play nicely with Gmail. In a lot of cases, many folks have thousands of messages in the all mail folder, so the system can really bog down and cause some synchronization issues. Also, you have potentially many many messages on your local system.
Teresa "The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham On Oct 29, 2013, at 4:02 AM, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> wrote: > Hi, > Ok stupid question of the year: What’s this Gmail issue that everyone is so > upset about? Me, i haven’t had any problems at all except that my smtp server > of the private domain i have flatly refuses to hook up to my smtp server > despite giving the correct password, but that’s a totally different story. > /Krister > > 29 okt 2013 kl. 05:17 skrev Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com>: > >> I thought I had read some while back that there could be a way to tell gmail >> to use standard IMAP behavior instead of their approach. I think it was in >> Google Labs or some such. Anyone know about this or given it a try? Maybe if >> that were set, Mail might work better with gmail hosted accounts. >> >> Humm, wonder if there are any other email clients one could try for the Mac? >> I read somewhere that Thundrbird might be an alternative but I bet the a11y >> in it is probably no better than with Firefox right now. >> >> On Oct 28, 2013, at 7:31 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: >> >>> Just to clarify, AOL mail is also free and has been for some years. I'm not >>> sure if there is an upper limit on the mailbox size but I currently have >>> about 34,000 messages in my inbox at the moment so whatever the limit is, >>> it's pretty high. >>> >>> Full disclosure, I'm currently working with the AOL mail folks to make >>> their products accessible, but it's not perfect yet. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 10/28/13 6:34 PM, Maria From Australia wrote: >>>> hi. >>>> >>>> I'm still trying to figure out if i'm having problems. I am away from home >>>> and so am using a portable hot spot. Don't really want to turn on all >>>> mail. i wonder if limiting the size of the all mail folder would stop >>>> gmail from downloading everything and help with any sincing problems? >>>> any ideas? don't really want to have to pay for email but is there >>>> anything free out there that offers a fair bit of space? and-or is there >>>> an accessible email client for mac? i love apple mail and enjoy gmail so I >>>> hope it can be resolved but it's good to look at alternatives just in case. >>>> >>>> Blessings! Maria and my guide Karly email bubbygirl1...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On 29 Oct 2013, at 8:36 am, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> There's always AOL mail. Has supported IMAP support for about a decade. >>>>> >>>>> CB >>>>> >>>>>> On 10/25/13 2:26 PM, Jeff Bishop wrote: >>>>>> There are a few: >>>>>> >>>>>> iCloud >>>>>> outlook.com (they now support imap and you can even bring your domain) >>>>>> office365 ($4 per month but a huge deal if you want to pay for email) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jamie Pauls >>>>>> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 6:30 AM >>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Cc: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Subject: Re: Gmail Issues in Mavericks, Pretty Major, Folks >>>>>> >>>>>> What are some Gmail replacements the list might recommend? What about >>>>>> using >>>>>> iCloud mail or Hotmail? Would be interested in some fairly quick and >>>>>> dirty >>>>>> workarounds. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Oct 25, 2013, at 12:19 AM, May and Noah <mcdonald....@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hmm, guess I'm lucky. I'm not having any problems with gmail and >>>>>> mavericks, but this is definitely an email I'll keep in case something >>>>>> changes and I need this at a future date. >>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> May and Prince Noah >>>>>>> www.canadianlynx.ca >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Oct 25, 2013, at 12:53 AM, Nicholas Parsons >>>>>> <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> Thanks, Teresa, it's great that you're pointing that out for folks. >>>>>>>> Some >>>>>> of it isn't quite 100% accurate, however. From what I've read, for >>>>>> instance, >>>>>> All Mail doesn't get placed in your Archive folder exactly. In fact, Mail >>>>>> kind of gets rid of folders all together for gmail. Instead, just like >>>>>> gmail >>>>>> on the web, there is only one folder per se, and that is All Mail. >>>>>> Messages >>>>>> get given labels like inbox or whatever other personal labels you have, >>>>>> which act much like folders only different. Rather than me trying to >>>>>> explain, interested people are better off reading the following article: >>>>>>>> http://tidbits.com/article/14219 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>> Nic >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 25/10/2013, at 3:43 AM, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> Someone brought up Gmail issues yesterday. There are definite snafus >>>>>>>> with >>>>>> Gmail and Mail. basically, the "all mail" folder gets placed in the >>>>>> archive >>>>>> folder, and it's necessary to have it enabled in Gmail settings on the >>>>>> website. Depending on how much you use Gmail, this may or may not be a >>>>>> show-stopper. If you switch to Pop mail, you can no longer use your >>>>>> labels >>>>>> from the Gmail site, and you'd have to set up local rules for filtering >>>>>> messages in apple Mail. Also, you can't move Gmail folders in apple mail. >>>>>>>> Since I use Gmail for about 20 mailing lists I'm on, and I sync my mail >>>>>> with my iPod, I'm going to try not to ditch Gmail for now. Whatever you >>>>>> do, >>>>>> do *not* go into the "all mail" folder on your devices if you sync with >>>>>> them, because a huge bog-down will possibly ensue. For example, I have >>>>>> something like twenty thousand messages in my 'all mail" folder. >>>>>>>> you can find stuff about this issue when you, uh, google it, so just >>>>>> thought I'd clarify things just a tad. 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