UPDATE: Gmail IMAP fixed for Windows Mobile

Google quietly listed this page on their site, which I don’t recall seeing before. After Gadgetell commenter “Tony” claimed he got IMAP and Gmail to play friendly-like, I gave Gmail IMAP a try on my Windows Mobile 6 phone and whammo: it works. All the text is there, no matter the email format. Sounds like Google got on task and solved the issue.

Previously, IMAP did not play well -at least Gmail’s IMAP- with Windows Mobile phone leaving the body of emails blank in some cases. Frustrating problem for folks that moved to Gmail for its simplicity.

While no official word from Google, there is still a disclaimer “Please note that emails downloaded in HTML format may not be displayed in your Windows Mobile client. We’re currently aware of this issue and working on a fix,” something has changed on Gmail’s part as I can attest to it working well now.

Thanks Tony!

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