Gmail's IMAP support roll-out this week had nerds all atwitter about the possibility of synchronized email access across devices, computers, and clients. IMAP is far superior to regular old POP for ...

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.

My girlfriend is constantly running over quota on her UNIX account. She uses Pine and it's set so that her inbox is at /var/mail and her other folders are in her personal account. I'm trying to access ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Encrypted email service ProtonMail has come a long way since its global ...

Can anyone recommend a simple email client that can handle imap+ssl account? I'm currently using Netscape messenger which is fine except it takes forever to start. I'm not touching Outlook a)because ...

POP, the Post Office Protocol, has been the long-standing mail retrieval protocol for TCP/IP networks. But it’s started showing its age at a time when users are becoming more mobile, accessing mail ...

Many of us have multiple email addresses, or we use multiple devices to read our email, or both. Without a basic understanding of how email works and how our devices process email, we can get ...

When Sparrow first launched in October of last year, I raved about its design and simplicity, but noted a few downsides. One was that it was Gmail-only. And even though it was Gmail-only, it lacked ...

Sparrow announced late last week that the company had been acquired by Google; that means that the Sparrow email clients have been put into maintenance mode, with no new features expected going ...

Developer (and sometime TUAW commenter) Matt Ronge has announced he's closing the source of the upcoming IMAP email client Kiwi he's been working on. It's a decision that's been a long time coming, he ...

Now that Google's made some much-needed improvements to Gmail's mobile webapp, should you abandon your smartphone's email client for its browser? Let's find out. Sadly yesterday's Gmail improvements ...