IMAP/Gmail Query

[Makhaira]

Evening all,

I currently use Outlook connecting via POP3 to my Live mail account. This is all well and good (and most importantly, free), but it's a bit of a pain with regards to multiple workstations. To cut a long story short, I'd like to be able to access my email from either my laptop OR my desktop, and have them automatically sync with my mailbox so they are both always up to date.

I realise I have just described MS Exchange to a T, but can someone confirm please whether Outlook will do this via IMAP on a Gmail account?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Makhaira]

Thanks marc. My understanding of IMAP made me think there's no reason why it wouldn't keep sync across two devices, I was just unsure of the practicalities regarding the syncing, and whether it was limited to one device to the mailbox. Like I said, POP3 and Exchange all my life, I'm afraid IMAP has been the unloved child sat in the corner of my life!