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I'm on POP mail and I have no issues using jacked signals...

My mail servers are all through my domain(s), and I remember my hosting provider giving me a tip once about using port 26 instead of 25 for something something, but I can't find those settings in the latest version of Mail to confirm. Can you tell I only deal with these things when they don't work.

I know there's a solution though.

If anyone knows what the solution is let me know. I would be so grateful!

i use webmail for life, popmail for work. i relish the outlook interface, but suffer through the yahoo interface as well. so, i get the best/worst of both worlds. actually, i also use a very archaic iMail program for running a listserv, but that's about to end (thank ye gods).

i also deal with such a dizzying amount of spam each day that i can't even really discuss it without getting 'the blue screen of death' look on my face ;)

I love the labels in gmail - you can put multiple labels on a single message (you can't put it in more than one folder, can you?), then archive it so your inbox stays clean. Simply scroll down to your label list and click on the appropriate one to see all messages with that label, similar to clicking on a folder.

My favorite thing about gmail though is that messages with the same subject line stay in a single "conversation". You can have up to 100 individual messages with the same subject line and they only take up 1 line in your inbox. Genius.

I had all of my email set up through IMAP and Apple Mail for a long time, but over time Mail just crashed too many times, and it became annoying to have to deal with so many inboxes (I have several domains with active email accounts). So recently I set up my Gmail account to receive everything from my other accounts, and I couldn't be happier!

Same as kdkaboom. Pop for work(exchange server) and webmail for life. I prefer to keep work and life separate. Windows Live Mail desktop works out pretty well for me...although i've accepted the spam as a necessary evil. Most of it makes it to my junk box though. While I like Gmail and it's archiving...I hate not having folders...yeah labels are cool....but who can remember 100's of labels???

i use Mail and hate using anything else.

I despise google's webmail system. Someone above seems to like the "conversations" feature but I think it is utter crap, and the main reason why i don't use their webmail. Would be so hard to make this a feature that could be turned off and on.... If they wanted to do it like Mail and highlight all the messages that are linked together, that would be fine. But i seriously hate the conversations setup. If i'm away from the computer i dread going in through the webmail way.

Think I found it.

In Mac Mail (dunno the others, guys, sorry)

-highlight your Account in question
-click the Account Information tab.
-drag the Outgoing Mail Server menu down to "Edit Server List" - a new window will appear.
-click Advanced.
-change your Server Port to 26. (25 is the default, and is blocked frequently). I think any port will work, 26 is just an easy fix.

Finally, remember all the things you're changing in case I'm horribly wrong--you can always change them back. I'm not trained in any of this so experiment at your own risk (I don't think there's actually much risk associated with this.. but still, no angry e-mails please!)

Remember your Outgoing Mail Servers need to be through your domain, not that Comcast nonsense.

This may or may not work with people running through Gmail, etc, but it works fine on kylevanhorn.com

I'm a recent convert to Google Apps for Domains and I've warmed to Gmail's interface (after reskinning it with Gmail Redesigned by Globex Designs).

I started trying to be crazy accurate with labels and then decided the give up on them. A message only stays in my inbox until I'm done with it, then it gets archived. If I need to find something later I search for it. I had already given up on multiple folders a few years ago when I found Lookout for Outlook.

The only major issue I have now is I wish that Gmail would allow me to edit the subject line of a message I've received. As others have touched on, the conversation feature of gmail (which is slick), but my main gripe is that I'd like to correct insufficient subject lines (as I was able to do in Outlook).

jamilkb - "but who can remember 100's of labels???"

Why would you have more (or different) labels than you do folders? I use the labels like I would for folders, but some messages fit more than one category - "Customer Service" and "PayPal" for example. I just add both labels to the message, archive, then when I need to access it, I can look in either label folder to find it (or use the search function with keywords).

here's my screenshot of that last menu:
http://www.kylevanhorn.com/cantalk/popfix.jpg

good luck folks!

I use popmail for work and webmail for personal. Been on gmail since the beginning and love it. I use thunderbird for my popmail accounts and also for a couple other gmail accounts. My main gmail I check through the web browser though. I also have a pretty active and very old hotmail account that I can't seem to completely transition away from.

Someone mentioned IMAP – that's an alternative to POP (e.g. Gmail offers both) that keeps folders (including Gmail labels) and read/unread status synced between all your mail apps, including webmail.

I use Gmail with Mailplane (OS X only) so I get the Gmail interface but with some added desktop app benefits. I also run Apple's Mail.app sometimes, for offline backup.

Personally I have gmail fetch all of my emails for me (you can find that ability in the settings) and then I can access my personal and work email all from one place and it all receives gmails great spam filter. As far as accessing it goes I usually just use gmails web mail except for when I am out and about in which case I use IMAP on my iPhone (it's like POP except my inbox updates if I read my email on the go it shows it as read when I get home) As far as folders and labels go I just use a archive section to stick everything in after I have read it and delt with it so I can keep my inbox minimalist and clean.

IMAP FTW!

I use webmail (gmail FTW) for personal stuff. Occassionally, I fire-up Thunderbird w/ IMAP and sync my Google Account offline. You just never know when an off-line back-up could save the ol' keister.

I loved gmail until about two weeks ago, when they disabled my account for no apparent reason. I've emailed them countless times. I've jumped through their online form hoops. I even tried to call them (waste of time, since no phone support).

I never received any sort of response from them. I still don't know why my account was disabled. After spending fours hours changing all the email address on my countless online accounts (banking, brokerage, utilities, etc), I will never, ever, never, ever use gmail again.

Yeah, I'm still pissed off about it.

I have a school account, a hotmail account, and a gmail account, and I have them all forwarded to Mail. I love having everything in one place, but if Mail is having a problem or I'm on someone else's computer I can still check all of my accounts online.

P.S. I use MacFreePOPs to forward everything.