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diff --git a/offlineimap.conf b/offlineimap.conf
index ce6d17b..e7b80a8 100644
--- a/offlineimap.conf
+++ b/offlineimap.conf
@@ -203,10 +203,18 @@ restoreatime = no
 
 [Repository RemoteExample]
 
-# And this is the remote repository.  For now, we only support IMAP here.
+# And this is the remote repository.  We only support IMAP or Gmail here.
 
 type = IMAP
 
+# The following can fetch the account credentials via a python expression that
+# is parsed from the pythonfile parameter. For example, a function called
+# "getcredentials" that parses a file "filename" and returns the account
+# details for "hostname".
+# remotehosteval = getcredentials("filename", "hostname", "hostname")
+# remoteusereval = getcredentials("filename", "hostname", "user")
+# remotepasseval = getcredentials("filename", "hostname", "passwd")
+
 # Specify the remote hostname.
 remotehost = examplehost
 
@@ -219,11 +227,13 @@ ssl = yes
 # Specify the remote user name.
 remoteuser = username
 
-# There are four ways to specify the password for the remote IMAP
+# There are five ways to give the password for the remote IMAP
 # server:
 #
-# 1. No password at all specified in the config file.  You will
-#    be prompted for the password when OfflineIMAP starts.
+# 1. No password at all specified in the config file. If a matching
+#    entry is found in ~/.netrc (see netrc (5) for information) the
+#    password from the matching entry will be used. Otherwise you
+#    will be prompted for the password when OfflineIMAP starts.
 #
 # 2. The remote password stored in this file with the remotepass
 #    option. Example:
@@ -245,6 +255,10 @@ remoteuser = username
 #
 # preauthtunnel = ssh -q imaphost '/usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir'
 #
+# 5. If you are using Kerberos and have the Python Kerberos package installed,
+# you should not specify a remotepass.  If the user has a valid
+# Kerberos TGT, OfflineIMAP will figure out the rest all by itself, and
+# fall back to password authentication if needed.
 
 ########## Advanced settings
 
@@ -372,3 +386,33 @@ holdconnectionopen = no
 #
 # foldersort = lambda x, y: -cmp(x, y)
 
+
+[Repository GmailExample]
+
+# A repository using Gmail's IMAP interface.  Any configuration
+# parameter of `IMAP` type repositories can be used here.  Only
+# `remoteuser` (or `remoteusereval` ) is mandatory.  Default values
+# for other parameters are OK, and you should not need fiddle with
+# those.
+#
+# The Gmail repository will use hard-coded values for `remotehost`,
+# `remoteport`, `tunnel` and `ssl`.  (See
+# http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78799&topic=12814)
+# Any attempt to set those parameters will be silently ignored.
+#
+
+type = Gmail
+
+# Specify the Gmail user name. This is the only mandatory parameter.
+remoteuser = username@gmail.com
+
+# Deleting a message from a Gmail folder via the IMAP interface will
+# just remove that folder's label from the message: the message will
+# continue to exist in the '[Gmail]/All Mail' folder.  If `realdelete`
+# is set to `True`, then deleted messages will really be deleted
+# during `offlineimap` sync, by moving them to the '[Gmail]/Trash'
+# folder.  BEWARE: this will deleted a messages from *all folders* it
+# belongs to!
+#
+# See http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77657&topic=12815
+realdelete = no