Gmail flips the switch on IMAP support

Our country cousins at Download Squad have picked up the scent of a major change over Gmail way: support for IMAP access to Google's multigigabyte free email service appears to be up and running as of tonight (possibly not yet turned on for all accounts; check your settings to be sure).

What this means for Mac users: better support for Gmail within Mail.app, Thunderbird and Entourage. For iPhone users: a way better Gmail experience over the previous POP or web client approaches -- Gmail has even posted handy setup instructions for you. First step: Don't choose the Gmail setup button, choose "Other..." instead. (Yes, they know, they're working on it.)

If you use Gmail and want to fire it up in IMAP on your iPhone, by all means let us know how it goes.

Thanks Chris