GMAIL Enable POP3/SMTP

In what it is billing as "e-mail portability," Google Inc. is opening access
to its Gmail e-mail service from desktop clients and mobile devices. On
Wednesday, the company began providing free POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3)
access on Gmail accounts. The rollout is expected to reach all users over
the next two weeks, said George Harik, director of Googlettes, the name of
the Google group overseeing its startup services. "This [access] is an
important part of e-mail because of all the things not enabled by Web-based
e-mail," Harik said. POP3 access, for example, allows users to read Gmail
messages while they are offline and on mobile devices that support the
standard, Harik said. POP3 is a standard protocol for receiving e-mail and
communicating between an e-mail server and client. Most major e-mail
clients, such as Microsoft Outlook, support the standard, as do competing
Web-based e-mail services such as Yahoo Inc.'s mail. 

 

HOW?

You can retrieve your Gmail messages with a client or device that supports
POP, like Microsoft Outlook or Netscape Mail. 

To enable POP in your Gmail account, please follow these steps: 

1.         Log in to your Gmail account. 

2.         Click 'Settings' at the top of any Gmail page. 

3.         Click 'Forwarding and POP' in the orange 'Mail Settings' box.

4.         Select 'Enable POP for all mail' or 'Enable POP for mail that
arrives from now on.' 

5.         Choose the action you would like your Gmail messages to take
after they are accessed with POP. 

6.         Configure your POP client*, and click 'Save Changes

 

On Clients:

 

1.	User Information

Your Name: enter your name as you would like it to appear in the 'From:'
field of outgoing messages.

Email Address: enter your full Gmail email address ([email protected]) 

Server Information

Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.gmail.com

Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com 

Login Information

User Name: enter your Gmail username (including '@gmail.com')

Password: enter your Gmail password 

2.	Click 'More Settings.,' and then click the 'Outgoing Server' tab. 
3.	Check the box next to 'My outgoing server (SMTP) requires
authentication,' and select 'Use same settings as my incoming mail server.' 
4.	Click the 'Advanced' tab, and check the box next to 'This server
requires an encrypted connection (SSL)' under 'Incoming Server (POP3).'
5.	Check the box next to 'This server requires an encrypted connection
(SSL) under 'Outgoing Server (SMTP),' and enter '465' in the box next to
'Outgoing server (SMTP):.' 
6.	Click 'OK.' 
7.	Click 'Test Account Settings.' After receiving 'Congratulations! All
tests completed successfully,' click 'Close.' 
8.	Click 'Next,' and then click 'Finish.'