Dear Claws Mail developers, after heaving read this: http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php?title=Using_Claws_with_Gmail and this: http://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/users/2014-October/010979.html it seems like using Gmail accounts with Claws Mail via IMAP4 wouldn't be that great? However, not too long ago, Google introduced the new Gmail API, see: http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.com/2014/06/introducing-new-gmail-api.html https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhdiQmS3kDs Maybe you could add support for this new Google Gmail API into Claws Mail to enhance the experience when using Claws Mail with Gmail accounts? Regards
To quote https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/ "The Gmail API should not be used to replace IMAP for full-fledged email client access." Claws Mail and Gmail IMAP already works fine.
(In reply to comment #1) > To quote https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/ > "The Gmail API should not be used to replace IMAP for full-fledged email > client access." Have you watched (and listened) the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhdiQmS3kDs ? IMHO the video makes a very different impression... (In reply to comment #1) > Claws Mail and Gmail IMAP already works fine. He: http://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/users/2014-October/010979.html doesn't seem to agree... Regards
Recent commits to git have added more debug output for IMAP cache issues, GMail IMAP is well known for not being RFC compliant. Maybe using git will help people to resolve these issues. I see that Paul's link to https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/ is still showing that the GMail API is not for use with full-fledged MUAs.
(In reply to comment #3) > I see that Paul's link to https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/ is still > showing that the GMail API is not for use with full-fledged MUAs. Not my link but the OP's link!!
Hello, (In reply to comment #3) > I see that Paul's link to https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/ is still > showing that the GMail API is not for use with full-fledged MUAs. yeah, but watching the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhdiQmS3kDs somehow give a much different impression IMHO. IMHO the video gives the impression that the new Google Gmail API actually is something much better than IMAP and technically a lot more advanced than IMAP. Also, by implementing the new Google Gmail API into Claws Mail, Gmail users would probably get push/idle/notify support in Claws Mail, wouldn't they? Which would be something that Claws Mail unfortunately still hasn't achieved for IMAP, see: http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1408 Regards