Set up Claws Mail to work with Gmail
I've written about Claws Mail quite a bit (see “Claws Mail: The unsung powerhouse email client“, “Claws Mail must have plugins“, “Create Message Filters in Claws Mail“, “Encrypting email in Claws Mail“, and “Make Claws Mail aware when you need top or bottom posting“.) In the business world most people use Exchange. Unfortunately Claws Mail does not communicate with Exchange. Fortunately there is an alternative that a lot of people use – Google Mail. And good news for Claws Mail users, it can communicate with Google Mail!
Of course it's not terribly cut and dry, how you set up Claws Mail to work with Google Mail, but it's not so difficult that a newbie can't configure it. So let's see just how this is done.
I've written about Claws Mail quite a bit (see “Claws Mail: The unsung powerhouse email client“, “Claws Mail must have plugins“, “Create Message Filters in Claws Mail“, “Encrypting email in Claws Mail“, and “Make Claws Mail aware when you need top or bottom posting“.) In the business world most people use Exchange. Unfortunately Claws Mail does not communicate with Exchange. Fortunately there is an alternative that a lot of people use – Google Mail. And good news for Claws Mail users, it can communicate with Google Mail!
Of course it's not terribly cut and dry, how you set up Claws Mail to work with Google Mail, but it's not so difficult that a newbie can't configure it. So let's see just how this is done.
