However, Gmail's web interface, and Gmail's proprietary mobile apps, almost certainly do *not* use IMAP2 to communicate with the Gmail servers. As has already been pointed out in this thread, they likely use a proprietary protocol optimised for that proprietary environment.
Noted and taken note of.
Thank you.
Regards,
Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individual in Singapore 20 Apr 2022 Wednesday
On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 at 22:16, Sam Kuper sampablokuper@posteo.net wrote:
On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 09:51:18PM +0800, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
I believe Gmail is using IMAP. The instructions for configuring Gmail email accounts in Outlook specifically mention IMAP server hostname:
imap.gmail.com
TCP Port 993, SSL
Gmail offers an IMAP2 endpoint so that users can connect to Gmail with IMAP2 clients (Thunderbird, Claws, Apple's Mail.app, or whatever) if they wish to.
However, Gmail's web interface, and Gmail's proprietary mobile apps, almost certainly do *not* use IMAP2 to communicate with the Gmail servers. As has already been pointed out in this thread, they likely use a proprietary protocol optimised for that proprietary environment.
Sam