Using Gmail with Apple Mail

I found some great tips for setting-up Apple Mail with IMAP.  This will allow you to use your gmail with multiple computers (e.g. work, home, iPhone, etc.).

After using it for about a week or so, I am thoroughly impressed.  Email does not take as much local disk space as I thought it might.  Also, IMAP allows you to move items to folders in Apple Mail and automatically archive the items in Gmail.  IMAP is a huge improvement over standard POP access.

To Do: An "Apple Mail To Do" label is automatically created in Gmail while the Apple Mail side shows 2 "To-Do" views in Mail: "On My Mac" and "Gmail".

Trash: A "Deleted Messages" label is automatically created in Gmail.  Deleting a message in Apple Mail applies the "Deleted Messages" label and archives the message.  When you right-click and select "Erase Deleted Messages..." in Apple Mail, deleted messages disappear completely from both Apple Mail and Gmail.  "Erase Deleted" messages are not moved to the Trash folder in Gmail.