Comments on: How-to: Proper Gmail IMAP for iPhone & Apple Mail

By: Tricky

Tricky — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:52:51 +0000

Really, really useful – thanks!!

By: atrizu

atrizu — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:06:40 +0000

Unfortunately, setting the correct Drafts and Deleted mailboxes is not an option when using Google Apps as your iPhone’s exchange account. This is out of Google’s control, but it would be nice if Google could give us a setting to automatically remove labels such as “Sent Messages”.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:30:26 +0000

As a quick follow up to my post above, if I forward a message on my laptop it will show on my iPhone, just not the replies!!!

Thanks again!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:28:50 +0000

Thanks for the awesome tips! Is there a way to get it to show on my iPhone that I have responded if I have via gmail on my laptop? In other words, I just want there to be a reply arrow next to the email on my iPhone. Seems kind of nit-picky but it’s starting to drive me crazy!!!!!

Thanks!

By: Sean Fitzroy

Sean Fitzroy — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:32:58 +0000

That was driving me crazy when I enabled another IMAP / Gmail account in Mail. Promised myself I would start 2010 with IMAP and my iPhone Gmail Mail in sync. That was (seemingly) the last sticking point. 18 hours to spare. Thanks, Casey!

By: Satyajeet

Satyajeet — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:27:33 +0000

Why does my IPhone 3 G S show old messages instead the newest ones on top of the list?
Im using google apps and my own domain ( its like a gmail webmail interface for your own domain)

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:04:21 +0000

Correct. When you read email on your phone, the messages are marked as read in Gmail or Apple Mail. If a message is moved to the trash, it will be moved to the trash in Gmail and Apple Mail.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:22:32 +0000

Thanks for the great information. So does this mean that when I check mail on my iPhone and either keep it or delete it, will it now be deleted from my gmail server account and apple mail. I’m tired of checking mail on my iPhone then having to check the same messages ad delete the same messages off my Mac.

By: dazz

dazz — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:48:51 +0000

hi all,

I keep experiencing strange behaviour in Apple Mail since I switched to IMAP on my gmail.

Here’s what happens. (I configured everything correctly I think). :

A message arrives in my “inbox”, I read it, I delete it. Now I look in my trash can, I see the deleted mail there. I highlight it and press delete: it disappears and reappears right away…
So what? Now I have to delete all mails twice???
I must be doing something wrong.

By: Brett

Brett — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:48:05 +0000

Casey, I was wondering what was going on here. Thank you so much for your solution(Advanced IMAP)! I’m not sure if I would have found it otherwise. Getting this whole Apple Mail, gmail.com, iPhone configuration correct is more painful that I thought. I think I’m almost at mail nirvana…