Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products for fun, and picks startups apart when he gets bored. He has evaluated thousands of new companies, most of which have since gone out of business.

I use Gmail IMAP with Mail.app and it's good. But I'm in a state of transition, having used Gmail POP with Mail.app in the past. A lot of my email is still stored locally, except for Sent messages ...

The company now gives people some precise control over how other e-mail applications can use Gmail with IMAP. It's minor, but it shows the wisdom of Google's approach. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...