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		josteink on Jan 3, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: There's no avoiding Google+ If you are going to use IMAP, why would you use gmail at all? Gmail's main selling point is the excellent web-interface, not the way the mail-store works well with IMAP.

gallerytungsten on Jan 3, 2013 [–]

>If you are going to use IMAP, why would you use gmail at all?

As an alternate email address, for any number of a variety of reasons.

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