outlook is garbage

I use TBird & have a Gmail account that I access with my web browser, but I'd rather use TBird. How did you do that?

Create an account for Gmail, set incoming server to imap.gmail.com, port 993.

You can access Gmail as a POP3 server or you can have Gmail forward your mail to an existing server. You can set up filters to forward the mail to different destinations. Gmail is very versatile. I use it as an intermediate to filter the junk. It does a great job of catching the total crap stuff, but when it makes a mistake I've yet to find a way to have it send that email on transparently. It always shows up in my email as forwarded from the Gmail account. Fortunately it's not so often. Again, filters can be set to not label as spam the good stuff.

Either via pop3 or imap.

I prefer imap since it allows me to keep emails both on the server and my local machine. Local machine as a backup and quick searching, server for on-the-road access and more complex searches.

I just installed the latest version of Tbird on a clean W10 OS. Tbird will ask if you want to link to an existing account and when you type in the gmail address it will set the service (imap) and ports and certificate settings correctly Or google the question and mozilla help page will appear and guide you through the steps for either a POP or IMAP service.

You may want to consider using TeamViewer (free for personal use) or a similar product to remotely manage the machine. Remote desktop will also work but it is not part of a W10 home edition installation. I use TeamViewer a lot and like it - it does have a few quirks but able to live with I think. J

POP3 does not require removing emails from the server. I don't find that so useful because I can't see my replies. No interface I know of saves your outgoing email as outgoing and displays it that way. So I use my laptop unless it's an emergency. Laptops work pretty well on the road.

pop3 is truly obsolete garbage. It doesn't support folders so you can't even have a sent and received folder. IMAP does allow for this and I've had what's essentially an incoming and outgoing type folder visible from any mail client anywhere for over 20 years. Make the switch to IMAP and never look back. Just don't use google for email. They do a terrible job at all parts of it.

What does the mail transfer protocol have to do with folders??? I use POP3 exclusively and have dozens of folders for mail if not hundreds.

In Eudora I use folders for topics. Sent and received emails are mixed in those folders clearly indicated as to which is which. I have one incoming folder which receives email until it is sorted into folders as I have one outgoing folder to hold outbound email until it is sorted. It would be truly absurd to keep incoming and outgoing emails is separate folders for the same conversations.

It's not a mail storage protocol, so it has no need for folders. It's only a store&forward buffer for inbound email.

The only purpose for leaving your email on a POP server is if you need to pick it up from more than one device, like your phone and your PC.

I'm glad you like data processing your email manually, then storing it in one inaccessible place. Say Santa brings you a new smart phone for Christmas. How do you find that important receipt that was emailed to you in 2019 with your new phone?

Wait, why would anyone want to access the same email from multiple places, like at home and on the go? It makes no sense. Pop3 forever!

On 11/23/2021 2:45 PM, Tauno Voipio wrote: > Create an account for Gmail, set incoming server to > imap.gmail.com, port 993.

On 11/23/2021 4:16 PM, Rick C wrote: > You can access Gmail as a POP3 server or you can have Gmail forward your mail to an existing server. ...

On 11/23/2021 4:38 PM, Three Jeeps wrote: > I just installed the latest version of Tbird on a clean W10 OS. Tbird will ask if you want to link to an existing account and when you type in the gmail address it will set the service (imap) and ports and certificate settings correctly > Or google the question and mozilla help page will appear and guide you through the steps for either a POP or IMAP service. >

Thank you, guys.