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Original Post: GMail released to all. Now time for IMAP? :)
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Google has finally released GMail to the masses.
There are aspects about it that I really like (and have talked about before). The main feature is the simple tagging. Folders got taken from the file system, and really break down with email (or with the file system in some cases... hence WinFS).
One frustration is just that I wish there was a rich client, and my email was stored offline. One simple way to get around that is to use their POP access, and use a rich client on that when needed (e.g. on a plane).
This is a bit of a pain, as you are using two systems now. What would be really cool, is to be able to have a smart IMAP integration on their end, so tags became folders. Then, with smart filters on the server side tagging mail, the imap client gets a nice view on things!
Oh, and I *really* want to be able to set the From: address so I can use gmail with my own domain.... a la Y! Mail Plus
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