Once you have made your way to the “Forwarding and POP, IMAP” tab, check off the radio button next to “Enable IMAP” and click the “Save Changes” button. Unfortunately there is nothing you can do except be patient until Google gets around to bestowing your account with IMAP capabilities. If at this point you do not see “IMAP” in any of the tabs on GMail’s “Settings” screen, your account has not yet been granted access to the new IMAP features. Click on the tab labeled “Forwarding and POP, IMAP”. Log into your GMail account, then click the “Settings” link in the upper left corner of the screen. IMAP is disabled by default, so you must go in and explicitly enable it.
The first step in this process is to inform GMail that you intend to use its IMAP features.
