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		gcb0 on Oct 23, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LinkedIn Intro: Doing the Impossible on iOS it will probably "work" as they are abusing the network (it will probably screw up VPN configs) to hijack all imap calls. unless the gmail app uses regular http endpoints... which it probably does.

happyopossum on Oct 23, 2013 [–]

They aren't 'hijacking' all imap calls, you explicitly set up their service as your email provider, and email is proxied through it.

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