non-pop Gmail auto-setup with wm6.1

[Zxurian]

Has anyone figured a way around this yet?

I'm trying to setup my accounts with gmail via IMAP, but when setting up a new account (not through outlook), and I punch in the gmail address, it auto-detects settings for pop and won't let me change it.

And before anyone says anything, the checkbox to "don't auto get settings" doesn't exist in the WMv6.1.

The only way I have of setting it up currently, is to give it an email of zz@zz.com, then going in and setting it up manually, but this prevents me from sending email out, only receiving it.

Currently using DCD v3.0.4 if that makes a difference.

Anyone found a way around this or how to set it up yet?

Thanks!

[NotLutzik]

just set it up ac abcd1234@ggmail.com and then change later to "gmail"

[defaultdotxbe]

but this prevents me from sending email out, only receiving it.
make sure you select outgoing server requires authentication (or something like that) and SSL for both incoming and outgoing

[AstronusX]

what is advantage of IMAP over pop mail?

[TalynOne]

what is advantage of IMAP over pop mail?

In short IMAP uses a client/server model. Where all your email is kept on the server and cached on whatever IMAP client you're using. When you delete something on the client, it's deleted on the server too on next resynch. IMAP also supports organized e-mail sub folders (for organizing).

With POP mail, once you download an email(s), then those emails are unavailable to you from other clients you may want to connect with (such as a desktop email client or a different computer), since with POP the email is usually removed from the server on download (unless you have a POP setting to keep e-mail around x amount of days). But POP will have no idea of emails you may have moved/deleted on another client since with POP all that information is stored locally on the client, not on the server as it is with IMAP.

Also, some IMAP servers support something called IMAP idle, which is like a poor mans push mail.

[Zxurian]

just set it up ac abcd1234@ggmail.com and then change later to "gmail"

Thank you. thought I tried this before but maybe they changed the "edit" screen.