Wayne Zimmerman’s wife usually reads email on her own PC. But when she tries to read it on her husband’s PC, the messages get mixed up. I’m going to guess that your wife’s email client software is ...

As you learned yesterday, working with Gmail can be a lot nicer if you use a desktop e-mail program instead of Gmail’s Web-based interface. A key question that remains is whether to use the POP or ...

It’s easy to think that an iOS backup would include all the personal data stored on your iPhone or iPad. But Apple explains in a support page that some things aren’t copied off your phone, because ...

Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products for fun, and picks startups apart when he gets bored. He has evaluated thousands of new companies, most of which have since gone out of business.

Are you a person who relies on POP3 and IMAP to gain access to your emails? Many of us do this in some shape or form, so it makes sense that you’ve been searching for a better tool than the one you’re ...

This has been bugging me for a while now, but I'm actively motivated to fix it at the moment (I use this account for throwaway crap I don't want to use my main email address for.) So I get internet ...

I'm trying to help my parents who, when they set up their iPhones a few years ago, did not know about the differences between POP and more modern email protocols. So, while they have slowly been ...

This is the story of an e-mail junkie who decided that an out-of-fashion e-mail protocol was worth going back to. Last week, I switched my e-mail from POP e-mail to IMAP. If you’re not familiar with ...

Over on the T-Mobile forums, there’s a massive thread about the G1’s totally borked POP3/IMAP email service. Looks like receiving, sending, and even just checking ...

Google offers a free web-based e-mail service called Gmail. Small businesses may prefer to have their employees access their Gmail e-mail account from the standalone e-mail program Outlook Express.

Word is out on the T-Mobile forums that POP3/IMAP email on the G1 is a big fail. People are reporting that they experience connection errors 95% of the time they check their email, email is not ...