command line idiot » imap http://www.commandlineidiot.com/blog one man's dawning realization that linux is waaaaay smarter than he is Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:10:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Apple Mail, Gmail IMAP, play nicely! http://www.commandlineidiot.com/blog/2009/apple-mail-gmail-imap-play-nicely/ http://www.commandlineidiot.com/blog/2009/apple-mail-gmail-imap-play-nicely/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:21:39 +0000 command line idiot http://www.commandlineidiot.com/blog/?p=1281 Every so often, my blissful rage against linux is interrupted by some obnoxious hassle in my apple/google world. Mail connects via IMAP to gmail? Check! But what’s this? Mail automatically downloads all of my shitty spam from gmail? Cannot have! Do not want! Other syntax memes employed!

The solution is buried deep in google labs, and by deep, I mean one layer down. Here’s the fix:

  1. Cut a hole in a box
  2. Login to your gmail account, go to “settings” then “Labs”
  3. Under Labs, enable “Advanced IMAP Controls”
  4. Then, go to “Labels”. You’ll find a brand new check box next to each label, asking your permission to show that label when accounts sync by IMAP. Uncheck the spam box.
  5. Profit!

Ahhhhh, bliss. Now I can go back to loathing how Ubuntu renders on-screen fonts. Uggggggh.

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