imap googlemail with egroupware

The main reasons for thinking about setting up a google apps account for our domain (thecrossing.co.uk) URL are:

1. plenty of email address available (200 booked)
2. email aliases can be setup
3. email groups (including non domain email addresses) can be created; eg cafeboard@thecrossing.co.uk
4. 8gb/user inbox! Eliminates archive issues?
5. sluggish egoupware interface can be used alongside google's fast gmail web app
6. Search in gmail is very fast
   

Notes for setting up gmail with egroupware:

• every person should have a firstname.surname@thecrossing.co.uk email address

nb. addresses like admin@ and sedm@ can be aliases

• Hopefully domain wide email settings can be inserted so that each individual (and new) eGw accountdoesn't have to both with email.

• By default local IMAP folders for drafts, junk, sent,trash templates should not be created.
• Google versions of the above should be specified instead, eg [Google Mail]/Sent Mail

nb. for some (kookie?) reason all the google folders are described as [Google Mail]/Sent Mail etc EXCEPT the google Drafts folder, it is just called Drafts, but is in the list between [Google Mail]/Bin and [Google Mail]/Sent Mail entries. Don't confuse it with the default (local) Drafts folder of the same name!

• That same drafts folder needs to be ticked in the which folders (additional to the Sent Folder) should be displayed using the Sent Folder View Schema list. Though to me that seems to be asking the opposite?! ie the sent folder view doesn't offer an active 'to:' box, like the compose email windows does. I'm sure they mean 'should not be displayed...'. Ticking this makes the emails in the drafts folder show an active 'to:' section when re-opended for sending anyway.