[Magdalen] POP problems remain

[Allan Carr]

My recolection is that I had to set a program at the ISP (Verizon) to IMAP
in order to use Gmail.
But my recollection could be wrong.


On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, Lynn Ronkainen <ichthys89 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> From: "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
>
>> I don't use Gmail at all, but I believe that you can tell WLM that a
>> particular server (account) is IMAP, as opposed to POP3. Maybe that's a
>> solution.
>>
>
> After someone suggested that the other day I tried to do that... when I
> went into account settings for the already set up in WLM  gmail accounts, I
> was unable to remove the POP designations.
>
> Is is possible for me to 'create' two duplicate accounts for the existing
> gmail accounts in my WLM and connect them using IMAP, then reconfigure the
> gmail accounts to IMAP?  And then remove the 2 originally created gmail
> accounts in WLM that are designated POP?
>
> If I could do this, would I still be able to 'read' my gmail on the web,
> while away from my home computer that has the WLM set up?
>
> Additionally, I've been told that if I delete any of the accounts from my
> WLM, the mail associated with them inside my WLM inbox most recently my
> former ISP (Comcast), but for about 10 days now ATT, would disappear.  I
> previously had both gmail accounts forwarding into my WLM where it joined
> the email and previously filed email from not only Comcast, but other
> earlier emails, some stored since 2000.
>
> Lynn
>
>
> My email  is changing soon to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>
> Thomas Merton writes, "People may spend their whole lives climbing the
> ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is
> leaning against the wrong wall."
>
> "What you seek is seeking you." - Rumi
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 8:00 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] POP problems remain
>
>  I don't use Gmail at all, but I believe that you can tell WLM that a
>> particular server (account) is IMAP, as opposed to POP3. Maybe that's a
>> solution.
>>
>>
>> Chad Wohlers
>> Woodbury, VT USA
>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Ronkainen
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 8:34 PM
>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] POP problems remain
>>
>> Brian> POP is bad. No solution involving POP will ever be satisfactory.
>>
>> meaning that I should read all my mail on Gmail?
>>
>> (different aspect of topic - does the fact that my WLM is 2009 have
>> anything
>> to do with my problems?)
>>
>> Can I merge all my filed mail from various email sources, going back 3
>> ISPs
>> , into gmail? (like when I got my second computer and I moved my files
>> form
>> Outlook Express on first computer to OE on second computer?
>>
>> Lynn
>>
>>
>>
>> My email  is changing soon to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>> not a
>> single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
>> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>
>> Thomas Merton writes, "People may spend their whole lives climbing the
>> ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder
>> is
>> leaning against the wrong wall."
>>
>> "What you seek is seeking you." - Rumi
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Brian Reid" <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 7:21 PM
>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] POP problems remain
>>
>>
>>> This is an easy problem. I have no idea how it got turned into a hard
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> WLM should be the IMAP client and Gmail should be the IMAP server. End
>>> of story.
>>>
>>
>>

-- 
Allan Carr