gmail pop

Gmail is nog niet uit beta, en er worden al features toegevoegd:

Google Inc. will roll out POP3 (Post Office Protocol) support gradually over the coming weeks to Gmail users, who will be able to use the feature to download e-mail messages from Gmail servers to e-mail applications on devices such as PCs and wireless devices. [via]

Schitterend. Hopelijk gaan ze het daarbij niet laten, maar voegen ze ook IMAP toe. Come to think of it, eigenlijk heb ik veel liever IMAP dan POP3; met IMAP kan je ook bestanden uploaden, en dan kan je die GB account pas écht gaan gebruiken.

En verder:

Google is also working on adding an antivirus scanning feature
[…]
These and other possible enhancements, such as adding further wireless device support through WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) or XHTML (Extensible HTML), are part of Google’s attempt to eventually make Gmail, which is still being beta tested, the most feature-rich Web mail service available, a Google executive said.

En IMAP, jawel: Also a possibility for Gmail would be support for IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol), a protocol similar to POP3 but more sophisticated, he said.

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