I'd love to use IMAP for outlook, but it slows everything to a
crawl.
I don't believe it's outlook as I've done the typical things to
streamline it - disabled add-ins, disabled rss feeds, etc. i'm not
using exchange, purely gmail. i don't really have folders, and use
primarily my inbox and sent folder. even so getting the headers, and
updating the cache can take forever... i had 50-60k emails in my all
mail folder, and 30k in my inbox folder... i tried unsubscribing to
all-mail, and things are still slow. i'm also using my full email
address with @gmail.com as another user mentioned it would speed
things up.
still, it's next to unusable right now. pop seems fine.
any help would be fantastic.
Lon
On Mar 19, 2:31 pm, Gmail Guide Yellow wrote:
> Now that Gmail provides both POP and IMAP access, it's about time to
> decide: which one's better for you? Let's break them down...
> POP:
> - offers one-way downloading of your messages from the Gmail servers
> to your computer
> - always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up your
> mail
> - only downloads your messages -- not your labels
> - good for people who don't want to leave mail on Gmail's servers, or
> don't want two-way synchronization
> IMAP:
> - offers two-way syncing between Gmail and mail client actions. If you
> read a message in your email client, it will be marked read on the
> web!
> - save space by downloading only the message headers, or download
> whole messages to work offline
> - your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy to
> stay organized
> - provides access to Gmail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders
> - great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobile
> devices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter what
> email client you're using
> - a flexible, more reliable, more complete access choice
> Still not sure? We think IMAP is best for most. If it's not quite
> right for you, you can always switch.
