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Re:Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox by threatofrain on Monday December 07, 2015 @02:36PM (#10692048)
The Gmail app actually allows 3rd-party IMAP connections.
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Re:Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox by gcr on Monday December 07, 2015 @06:37PM (#10693641)
Do you mean gmail's web interface? That works by downloading your emails from your 3rd-party IMAP connections into Gmail's server.
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Re:Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox by NeutronBoy on Monday December 07, 2015 @07:50PM (#10694010)
No, he means the 'Gmail' app (on Android phones at least, not sure about iPhones) allows third part servers. They rolled the Mail client into it.
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