> You don't need gears (which has never really worked well for me even > when I've been able to install it). You could use any of a number of > imap mirroring tools. I use offlineimap quite successfully for > offline gmail Isn't it that many mail programs today have inbuilt support for gmail (imap) accounts ? Like http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Installation_and_Configuration#Does_Claws_Mail_work_with_Gmail_accounts.3F