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So, there’s yet another lesser-known feature of the new iPhone v1.1.3 firmware that we overlooked previously. We have already switched our Gmail account to IMAP, and configured our iPhone’s Gmail account accordingly, so we didn’t really notice any difference. But, to any iPhone v1.1.3 users that haven’t made the switch to Gmail’s IMAP service, you may have noticed that the Gmail email account is automatically setup as an IMAP profile.
Be forewarned, IMAP email accounts work differently from POP3 accounts. Any changes, including deletions, will be reflected on the server. If you move an email from one inbox to another, you will be moving that email on the server-side as well. If you delete and email, you will be deleting that email on the Gmail server.
Get the picture? Changes to your iPhone’s email inbox are no longer isolated from the server. Be careful what you delete, because they may just be deleted forever.
[Via: Google Help Center]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
