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Re:Grove.io shutting down by tijs on Sunday September 16, 2012 @03:20AM (#4528576)
"Forever" being until Google changes their service which is probably about every few months.
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Re:Grove.io shutting down by pilif on Sunday September 16, 2012 @07:12AM (#4528918)
Sparrow is essentially an IMAP client. I don't see Google turn off IMAP support any time soon. Way too many clients are actively using that.
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Re:Grove.io shutting down by tijs on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @03:33AM (#4536862)
Well yes, but doesn't it's usefulness come from the tight integration with gmail only features? disclaimer; i only used Sparrow for a bit a long time ago so perhaps they've made these features work in regular IMAP as well..
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Re:Grove.io shutting down by madflo on Sunday September 16, 2012 @07:46AM (#4528974)
I don't know exactly the protocols behind Exchange (IMAP ? MAPI ?), but it seems to me that it is, for now, Google's prefered way of accessing emails & calendars from a mobile device (at least from iOS).
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Re:Grove.io shutting down by pilif on Monday September 17, 2012 @02:59AM (#4531534)
Yes. But we were talking about Sparrow and Sparrow is an IMAP client.
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