IMAP Email Access
Discussions revolve around using IMAP with clients like Thunderbird for Gmail and other email access, backups, and offline use, often as a simpler alternative to new tools or web interfaces.
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IMAP still works, you could use a local client
Eh, just use another client with IMAP (or maybe JMAP; I haven't dug in enough).
What does this add over using IMAP with the built-in native client?
I'm surprised they still support IMAP.
What if they're not using IMAP?
Because IMAP doesn't work.
Why not just use IMAP for gmail access?
That’s what imap clients are for
Why not just use pop3/imap or something?
What did you have as the IMAP client?