Using IMAP with Gmail

Do I need to set this up using the 'Gmail' option, or the 'Other' option, as I read somewhere that the 'Gmail' option sets up a POP account, not an IMAP acccount.
Cheers

You have to set it up under "Other"(yes the "Gmail" option sets up the account as POP at least for now)
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=77702

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Hi, hope you can help me!
I'm running developer, and I'm having some big issues getting
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587) I get this:
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I've never heard of anyone who was able to get cfmail working
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JD
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Melanie,
Welcome to the Discussions.
If you click on Help in the Gmail pages in your Browser, you will find numerous subjects, one of which is POP access. In that resulting page you will find specific instructions for various types of mail clients, one of which is Apple Mail. You should familiarize yourself with the help topics that are available, but the link for POP access with Apple Mail is:
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crossplatformsolutions wrote:
Would it be possible that they would have the port blocked for receiving but not sending at the WIFI hot-spot?
Yes, that's certainly possible.

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