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    <desc>How to set up a Gmail IMAP Account.</desc>
    
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    <credit type="author">
      <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
      <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
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<title>Access a Gmail IMAP Account via <app>Evolution</app></title>

<p>To access Gmail via IMAP you must turn on IMAP in your Google account. See the <link href="https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77695">Gmail Help</link> for more information.</p>

<p>It is recommended to set up Gmail as an online account in GNOME. Please <link xref="help:gnome-help/accounts" href="https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/accounts">refer to the GNOME Desktop Help</link> for more information. After doing so, the Gmail account will be listed in Evolution.</p>

<p>For configuring the account in Evolution, refer to the <link xref="mail-account-manage-imap-plus">IMAP+ mail account settings</link>. Note that not all options of such accounts can be edited in <app>Evolution</app> and such accounts can only be removed in <app>Online accounts</app> itself.</p>

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<p>As an alternative to setting up an online account in GNOME, allow <link href="https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps">access for less secure apps in your Gmail account settings</link>.</p>

<note style="tip"><p>For performance reasons it is recommended to <gui>Use a Real Folder for Trash</gui> by setting it to <gui>[GMail]/Trash</gui> and to <gui>Use a Real Folder for Junk</gui> by setting it to <gui>[GMail]/Spam</gui> under the account's <link xref="mail-default-folder-locations"><gui>Defaults</gui></link>.</p></note>

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