BeAM/gmail quick guide

Forum thread started by l_n on Mon, 2010-07-05 19:31

Considering I had a bit of trouble getting the SMTP settings for gmail right, I thought I would post the settings for IMAP with gmail here.

Sending/SMTP:
Account Name: [username]@gmail.com
SMTP Server: smtp.gmail.com Port: 587
Auth-method: LOGIN
Username: [username]@gmail.com Password: your_password
Encryption: STARTTLS
 
Receiving/IMAP:
Account Name: [username]@gmail.com
Server: imap.gmail.com Port: 993
Auth-method: LOGIN
Username: [username]@gmail.com Password: your_password
Home folder: [pick one]
Encryption: SSL

Hope that helps somebody.

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Comments

Re: BeAM/gmail quick guide

by humdinger - 2010-07-06 15:22

Just as information: Haiku's mail_daemon is smart enough to pick the right settings. I just tried, but didn't want to wait until over 69.000 mails are downloaded (about 1/s...). Is there a way around getting all those mails (gmail)?

Regards,
Humdinger

Re: BeAM/gmail quick guide

by drcouzelis - 2010-09-12 10:04

Thank you for the information. I am able to send and receive email now.

I have one problem: In both the native email application and in Beam, the mail I delete is not deleted from the server. Do you know how to enable this functionality?

Thanks!

Re: BeAM/gmail quick guide

by humdinger - 2010-09-12 14:50

I don't know if it actually works, if it doesn't it's a bug, but there's a setting for that in the E-mail preferences. Beam doesn't use the mail_daemon AFAIK, so it should have its own setting.

Regards,
Humdinger

Re: BeAM/gmail quick guide

by drcouzelis - 2010-09-15 12:16

Thanks, Humdinger. I contacted the Beam developer and he confirmed that IMAP deletion support is not implemented.

As for IMAP support in the native Haiku client, IMAP deletion didn't work the last time I tried. I will try setting up my Gmail account again. If I still can't get it to work, I'll file a bug report.

Re: BeAM/gmail quick guide

by wove - 2010-09-16 00:30

It was my understanding that gmail itself does not allow clients to move items to the trash. I think when you delete an item, gmail, moves the item to "All Mail". I would like to delete items in gmail the same as I do in other accounts, but the only way I have ever been able to delete items in gmail, is to go to it on the web and delete them from the website.

bill