Just in case you didn’t catch this last week. Google has introduced IMAP support for Gmail. I’ve used IMAP for many years and I find it much easier to manage than POP email. The difference is that your folders (or in this case, tags) and messages are all stored at the server and you map yourself to the server. So, essentially, delete an email from your desktop client and it deletes from Gmails servers. Want to try another email client, just add the IMAP server and all your mail will come down. It makes life very easy for those on multiple computers, locations, and operating systems. It’s actually easier to explain IMAP than it is POP to some extent.

The only problem is they haven’t turned this on for everyone yet because I STILL don’t have it. To check if you do, go to your Gmail settings and instead of Forwarding and POP, it should say IMAP.