TECHCRUNCH
MARK HENDRICKSON
16 APRIL 08
It appears that Google has pulled support for IMAP, although it’s unclear whether this is a temporary decision, the result of a bug, or a permanent change of policy. Google first rolled out support for IMAP in October.
IMAP allows email users to manage their email using alternative clients (such as the desktop app Thunderbird or Mail) without creating copies of their messages, as happens with POP. This means that users never have to use the Gmail web interface and can effectively bypass all of Google’s ads there.
We’ve contacted Google to determine the cause of this disappearance. We’ll run an update when we’ve heard back.
