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Google has relesed support for IMAP for its Gmail account, which means that you can use your Outlook or Thunderbird or even your iPhone or Blackberry for checking your Gmails.

Google feels that using IMAP would be better over POP. This is what is posted at the google’s help centre :-

Unlike POP, IMAP offers two-way communication between your web Gmail and your email client(s). This means when you log in to Gmail using a web browser, actions you perform on email clients and mobile devices (ex: putting mail in a ‘work’ folder) will instantly and automatically appear in Gmail (ex: it will already have a ‘work’ label on that email).

In addition, IMAP provides a better method to access your mail from multiple devices. If you check your email at work, on your mobile phone, and again at home, IMAP ensures that new mail is accessible from any device at any given time.

Finally, IMAP offers a more stable experience overall. Whereas POP is prone to losing messages or downloading the same messages multiple times, IMAP avoids this through its two-way syncing capabilities between your mail clients and your web Gmail.

Now for those who wanna get started right now, you need to enable IMAP  in your Gmail account. Once enabled you need to configure your client(your device or software). A demo video is also posted on YouTube.