If you’re like me and have an iPhone or check your Gmail using a 3rd party application like Apple’s Mail or Entourage, Thunderbird etc then you’ve probably noticed that by default your labels in Gmail become folders in the application. This is very handy, but it also means your downloading the same mail potentially many times. You’ll also be downloading folders that don’t add much value like your Junk, Trash and some of the Labels that you don’t really need quick access to on your iPhone.
There’s been a recent addition to Gmail labs called Advanced IMAP Controls.
Its really useful in that it lets you choose which labels you enable IMAP for. So no more Junk folder on your iPhone or in Mail. You can also turn off IMAP for ‘All Mail’ which will also free up some download time.
