IMAP Gmail Settings

If you have an iPhone and check your email with it as well as use a desktop mail application you should make sure you’re using IMAP. This lets you keep your mail on the server, and when you read or delete an email from your phone, it will say it’s read or it will also delete on your computer.

The other great thing about IMAP is you can see and edit all your online folders that Gmail provides from your desktop and your mobile device. The downside is these folders really clutter up your inbox... also I don;t want to see my spam email, that’s why I have the spam filter in the first place... so the solution comes with Google Labs!

Scroll halfway down and look for “Advanced IMAP Controls” and click enable. Then go to your settings and the labels tab (or just click here). Now you have complete control over what folders are visible when you access your IMAP email!

Now your iPhone can be much less cluttered, and when you delete emails on the road you won’t have a full inbox when you get home!