Gnome Gmail for Google Apps

by Jordan Emmorey

v0.1 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

0. TOC and Purpose
1. Background
2. Use
3. Resources
4. Contact
5. Keywords
6. Disclaimer

0. TOC and Purpose

The purpose of this is paper is to document the procedure for integrating Gnome Gmail for Google Apps users. This feature has been requested but is not available in version 1.4.1.

1. Background

I use Ubuntu and Debian desktops, and have my domain hosted with Google Apps. I want to be able to click mailto: links and have it open within my Google Apps Mail.

I installed gnome-gmail from the stable debian repo, and followed the detailed instructions for integration from the Gnome Gmail SourceForge page.  This allowed me to use my gmail account, but not my Google Apps email.

2. Use / Modification

The default version of gnome-gmail resides in /usr/bin. It has three references to mail.google.com which need to be modified for use with Google Apps.

jemmorey@lappy:~$ egrep mail.google.com /usr/bin/gnome-gmail
		tourl = "https://mail.google.com/mail?view=cm&tf=0&fs=1"
		return( "https://mail.google.com/" )
		imap_url = "https://mail.google.com//mail/#drafts"

Modified version:

jemmorey@lappy:~$ egrep mail.google.com /usr/bin/gnome-gmail
		tourl = "https://mail.google.com/a/obsecurities.com/mail?view=cm&tf=0&fs=1"
		return( "https://mail.google.com/a/obsecurities.com/" )
		imap_url = "https://mail.google.com/a/obsecurities.com/mail/#drafts"

3. Resources

• Project Home for Gnome Gmail

4. Contact

Thanks for reading. If you have any comments, suggestions or gripes please feel free to send them along. I'm always hungry for feedback. Thanks. Contact me via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

5. Keywords

gmail, gnome, gnome-gmail, debian, Linux, Ubuntu, desktop, 9.10, 9.04, karmic, Google, Google Apps, Gmail, mail

6. Disclaimer

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