Comments on: Setting Up IMAP Mail for iPhone SCREENCAST

By: clinglee

clinglee — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:14:20 +0000

I just tried copying the emails from the local to the IMAP folder noted in step 6 and for some reason, they didn’t make it to the IMAP folder and now they also aren’t available from the previous POP local folder.

Any thoughts?

By: Cquaade

Cquaade — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:40:22 +0000

On my iPhone, I have successfully set up IMAP with Mac.web, with Gmail, and with Exchange at my office. I see all the folders that I have created on my computer for those accounts. However, to avoid clutter on my iPhone screen, I would like to sync — and see — only a limited number of these folders. How can this be managed? I’ve used DataViz’ RoadSync on my earlier Nokia N73, where I in the client could choose what folders to sync. This I’m not able to find for IMAP on the iPhone.

By: EP

EP — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:44:37 +0000

Brilliant. Nicely done. I wish I’d found this BEFORE i sloshed my way through it.

By: HumptyDumpty

HumptyDumpty — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:11:20 +0000

GMAIL - now supports IMAP - and is FREE -

By: JC

JC — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:10:20 +0000

I was having the problem that my .Mac emails would show up in the message list, but then when I would select one it would say “Loading…” forever and NEVER load.

Then I discovered the solution.

If you set up your .Mac account on your iPhone using the Settings->Mail->Add Account…->.mac THEN you must delete this account. Then reboot your phone (turn off then on).

Then set up the account using Settings->Mail->Add Account…->Other. select IMAP and fill everything else out.

It works perfectly.

GOD I love IMAP. With three Macs, my own domains, and now an iPhone it makes email totally manageable instead of having to sort and file messages everywhere multiple times.

Thanks!

For those of you who are trying to use your .Mac account, I figured out an easy way to make it work. On your iPhone, get rid of the existing .Mac email account setup. Then add a new account, and choose the other option. You then set up the new account with your public email, you use your .Mac info as your incoming mail server and your gmail account as your outgoing server. It works perfectly.