Q: Mavericks Mail App and Gmail folders

My Gmail on Mavericks works just as well as my iPhone. What is different for you.

Csound1 wrote:

 

If you did a modicum of research you would find that Gmail's crappy system causes problems with Windows and its mail clients as well, it's random and intermittent just like it is on a Mac.

 

 

 

Add that to Googles intrusive selling of its users data to anyone who wants to buy  and it's a good thing that it works so poorly. With luck some users will take note and get a better email system.

OK so you have an issue with GMail as a mail system in general.  That's fine.

But I don't care about how this effects Windows.  In fact I don't care about Windows.. if I did. I'd use it.  And that's not at issue here.

The issue is that at least part of Apple "gets it" when it comes to working with Gmail/IMAP and certain developers do also (AirMail, and Thunderbird both work with Gmail/IMAP just fine). 

Apple needs to do something about it.  It's that simple.  Until then we can all at least share what we find from here.

Csound1 wrote:

 

ElPapa wrote:

 

Csound1 wrote:

 

Then let Apple know how you feel, we can't do anything.

 

Already done - as you can see that's hardly worked thus far..

Use a mail client designed for Gmail then.

 

Or how about Apple puts back the functionality they had to begin with? 

Why are you asking me, I can't change anything, I thought you understood that.

"f Gmail was a real IMAP server, it would just work. Since it is a frankenstein monster of an email system, its not that easy."

Apparently easy enough though that third party email clients don't have any problems with gmail? Furthermore the previous non-mavericks mail worked perfectly well with gmail as far as I know, so clearly apple is capable of providing something that works.

mhodgkin wrote:

 

"f Gmail was a real IMAP server, it would just work. Since it is a frankenstein monster of an email system, its not that easy."

 

Apparently easy enough though that third party email clients don't have any problems with gmail? Furthermore the previous non-mavericks mail worked perfectly well with gmail as far as I know, so clearly apple is capable of providing something that works.

Try reading a little more comprehnsively.

Gmail problems are widespread, random and intermittent. They affect all platforms not just Mail.

Research first, post second.

I havent seen any horde of people complaining about an update to a mail client (e.g. thunderbird or airmail) totally breaking usage of gmail on apple computers - except in the case of apple mail. The fact remains gmail worked reasonably well with apple mail, until apple updated it and then its been a total mess since for many people. This is why I no longer use apple mail and will think very carefully about buying another apple computer in future.

mhodgkin wrote:

 

I havent seen any horde of people complaining about an update to a mail client (e.g. thunderbird or airmail) totally breaking usage of gmail on apple computers - except in the case of apple mail. The fact remains gmail worked reasonably well with apple mail, until apple updated it and then its been a total mess since for many people. This is why I no longer use apple mail and will think very carefully about buying another apple computer in future.

Try to understand that I do not agree with you, post in reply to someone else. This is a waste of our time.

Csound1 wrote:

 

mhodgkin wrote:

 

I havent seen any horde of people complaining about an update to a mail client (e.g. thunderbird or airmail) totally breaking usage of gmail on apple computers - except in the case of apple mail. The fact remains gmail worked reasonably well with apple mail, until apple updated it and then its been a total mess since for many people. This is why I no longer use apple mail and will think very carefully about buying another apple computer in future.

Try to understand that I do not agree with you, post in reply to someone else. This is a waste of our time.

Who is "our"?  Is there a mouse in your pocket?  If you don't have anything useful to further contribute, then don't reply. 

Personally I think what mhodgkin said is spot on and relevant to this discussion.

Who is "our"?  Is there a mouse in your pocket?

These posts are between you and I, who do you think 'Our' refers to?

And I still disagree, it doesn't matter how much you post, I disagree. Try to understand that and move on.

hi doug, did u ever find a solution to the issue of "flag settings are not being observed. Read mail is not being marked as read"?

tks

ralph

Blaming Google for Gmail not being standards-based is not helpful in this situation. Mail in Mountain Lion and before worked just fine with Gmail. If you launch Mail in 10.8 right now, you will find that the issues people are having with Gmail in 10.9 are absent. So clearly Google didn't change anything. Apple has changed the way that Mail works in 10.9, and it is not working well with Gmail. Thunderbird works just fine with Gmail, in both 10.8 and 10.9. So saying that this is all because of Google doesn't make any sense.

People are having problems with their mail ever since upgrading OS X to 10.9. Asking them to abandon their email provider is not a reasonable response. Asking them to switch email clients is perhaps a reasonable suggestion, but that doesn't fix the problems that Mail is having, and for some people it's not a viable solution. Mail is very neatly integrated into the OS and it's nice to be able to take advantage of that.

Thank you Jon - I'm getting tired of CSounds anti-Google rhetoric.  If he doesn't like it, he should simply bow out of the discussion and ignore us.

I'll remind you that this is a free public forum, you have no say in who posts, or what they post.

And I'll remind you that goes both ways. 

So we'll continue our discussions about GMail and Apple's failure to adequately support it.  And you should feel free to move along if you don't want to discuss it.