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Gmail is currently down. But they say I can access it through imap. How do I do this?

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  • no longer down.
    – Molly7244
    Sep 1, 2009 at 21:17
  • according to here it still is. google.com/appsstatus#rm=1&di=1&hl=en Sep 1, 2009 at 21:25
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    Actually Troggy it's officially out of beta now, so no excuses...
    – cust0s
    Sep 1, 2009 at 23:33
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    Really? I guess they had that beta tag there for so long, I just got used to it. haha.
    – Troggy
    Sep 1, 2009 at 23:54
  • You can actually put it back (beta) with google labs Sep 1, 2009 at 23:55

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See this Google article: IMAP or POP to access your gmail.

Note: these steps must have been done before you try to access your gmail account using a POP or IMAP email client.

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  • If someone gives me a down vote, I'd kinda like to know why.
    – J. Polfer
    Sep 2, 2009 at 13:09
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You can use Gmail offline if you install Google Gears. Outlined here http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-in-labs-offline-gmail.html

Update: I think the Gmail GUI (html, javascript, css) is downloaded to your machine when you install Gears and tell Google to sync, but yes you'd need to do this at least once before you lost your connection

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  • but if gmail is down, the UI is down so you wouldn't be able to access your email even with the gmail offline feature.
    – cust0s
    Sep 2, 2009 at 22:02
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You must use an email client, such as Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail, etc, to access GMail via IMAP or POP.

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