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I’ve blogged before that Google’s Gmail uses POP3 for its users to download E-Mails from the servers. While it was POP3 it kinda acted as IMAP, except the fact that it didn’t allow you to have folders, remember popular tagging in Gmail?

Well, the news is Gmail is to provide IMAP protocol for its users(Google Apps for your domain too). It’s a great feature to have for those people who are not comfortable using Gmail’s popular webmail interface or any webmail, preferring those to E-Mail clients like Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird. Also it’s also creating a way for gadgets and phones like iPhone, BlackBerry or any kind of PDAs out there.

So go ahead and configure your E-Mail client, PDA or phone to synchronize with your Gmail account.

For those who doesn’t know what does IMAP mean read it here.

How do I enable IMAP?

You can retrieve your Gmail messages with a client or device that supports IMAP, like Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail.

To enable IMAP in your Gmail account:

1. Log in to your Gmail account.
2. Click Settings at the top of any Gmail page.
3. Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
4. Select Enable IMAP.
5. Configure your IMAP client* and click Save Changes.

Instantbird is a new project launched by Mozilla Foundation, a foundation behind popular web browser Firefox and E-Mail client Thunderbird.

Instantbird will be based on Mozilla technologies and use Pidgin’s libpurple to deliver you a brand new messenger.

Just like Pidgin(prev. Gaim) Instantbird will support:

• AIM
• Gadu-Gadu
• Google Talk
• ICQ
• MSN
• QQ
• XMPP
• Yahoo!

I’ve tried Instantbird v.01 myself and I think it’s very light, default installation lets you do text messaging only. But there are plugins and add-ons of course.

Good luck to Mozilla, with the experience of creating state of the art browser and E-Mail client I really hope they will launch a very good messenger!

I’ve been busy with my work and my family life lately. I apologize for lack of posts. I will resume more postings in near future! Meanwhile, I would like to thank my readers who come to check if I have anything new to share so I pick the last 5 readers from MyBlog widget. Here they are:

1. Ades – Abdylas from AdesBlog. A close friend of mine, always there to help and support me. His blog covers tips for bloggers, making money online, web2.0, SEO, web things and stuff like that. Did I mention that his blog  is one of the very few bloggers who have PR7?

2. Satans – I don’t speak Chinese, so I’m not sure who he is and what is his blog about. But thanks anyway for visiting me! Visit his chinese blog one and two.

3. 88michael – Michael is the author of three blogs http://techcentreme.blogspot.com/ , http://techhelpvideos.wordpress.com/ and http://mmomethods.blogspot.com on Technology. His blogs cover security, video editing and stuff, also make money online. Thanks!

4. Christopher from http://www.techchee.com is ablog where he has got some good advices for those who want to get high tech gadgets.

5. Calvyn from iCalvyn is an IT Officer in hotel industries. His personal blog covers his experience in IT as well as making money online.