When it was first introduced, IMAP was big news for iPhone users, but unfortunately Gmail users were left out of the loop. Now it appears that Google has finally come to their senses and are now providing IMAP support for Gmail accounts.

For Gmail users, that means better support for Gmail in Mail.app, Thunderbird and Entourage. More importantly, it plus means a much better mail experience with the iPhone.

Gmail

was nice abundant to include these handy startup directions for anyone looking to get IMAP going on their iPhone.

Interestingly, the first step is to not choose the Gmail button, but instead use the one marked “Other…”. Apparently that is a bug they’re still working out.

If you use Gmail and you give that a try, good luck. Let us know how it goes

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