VersaMail Not Compatible with Gmail IMAP

There's a new post on the Palm Blog. In a nutshell, it says that the IMAP support in VersaMail is not compatible with the IMAP in Gmail. So much for a great idea. Unfortunately there seems to be no plans to "repair" VersaMail, especially since Palm is recommending we switch to ChatterEmail, yes, it is also owned by Palm, and will cost us an additional $39.95.

Palm VersaMail Compatibility with Gmail

There's been some discussion around Palm's VersaMail client being compatible with Google's Gmail. We wanted to clarify that currently Palm Treo and Centro smartphone customers can access their Gmail accounts using the POP email protocol. While VersaMail supports the IMAP protocol, there are some known incompatibilties and limitations with Gmail. For example, VersaMail does not support IMAP-IDLE, which is used by Gmail to deliver continuously updated email. For Gmail users on the Palm OS, there are aftermarket email solutions that support IMAP-IDLE on Treo and Centro like ChatterEmail.