Forum:(poll) Gmail and Thunderbird

What protocole do you prefer to use when consulting a Gmail account with Thunderbird ?

Gmail and Thunderbird ; what protocole ? POP 3 IMAP I dont use Thunderbird to check my Gmail. I don't have a Gmail.

I have long use the POP3 protocole and today i've created a new Gmail (i have my reasons) and when adding it to Thunderbird 3, it choosed the IMAP protocole by defaut.

I must say i dont really like that it must check on the Internet each time i click a folder but it seems like a good way to delete all olds messages when i want to (instead of having to connect to the site each one to two months). I dont like Gmail keeping copies of things that could be stolen (it never actually happen to me but some friends got their Hotmail pirated (then gamming account stolen) so i gess it's also possible with others webmails).

Thanks to all. — TulipVorlax 03:17, December 31, 2009 (UTC)
 * I use SeaMonkey, which is essentialy Firefox and Thunderbird tacked on with staplers. I use IMAP, but I don't really use Gmail all that much - I use another service. --Zapwire 17:43, December 31, 2009 (UTC)