You can retrieve your Gmail messages with a client or device that supports POP, like Microsoft Outlook or Netscape Mail.
- To enable POP in Gmail:
- Sign in to Gmail.
- Click Settings at the top of any Gmail page.
- Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
- Select Enable POP for all mail or Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on.
- Choose the action you'd like your Gmail messages to take after they are accessed with POP. Configure your POP client* and click Save Changes.
To configure your client manually:
- Enable POP in your Gmail account. As above
- Open Outlook or Outlook Express.
- Click the 'Tools' menu, and select 'Accounts...
- Click 'Add,' and then click 'Mail...'
- Enter your name in the 'Display name:' field, and click 'Next.'
- Enter your full Gmail email address (username@gmail.com) in the 'Email address:' field, and click 'Next.'
- Enter 'pop.gmail.com' in the 'Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server:' field. Enter 'smtp.gmail.com' in the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP) server:' field.
- Click 'Next.'
- Enter your Gmail username (including '@gmail.com') in the 'Account name:' field. Enter your Gmail password in the 'Password:' field, and click 'Next.'
- Click 'Finish.'
- Highlight 'pop.gmail.com' under 'Account,' and click 'Properties.'
- Click the 'Advanced' tab.
- Check the box next to 'This server requires a secure connection (SSL)' under 'Outgoing Mail (SMTP).'
- Enter '465' in the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP):' field.
- Check the box next to 'This server requires a secure connection (SSL)' under 'Incoming mail (POP3).' The port will change to 995.
*The order of 'Outgoing' and 'Incoming' mail server fields varies by version. Make sure you enter the correct information in each field. - Click the 'Servers' tab, and check the box next to 'My server requires authentication.'
- Click 'OK.'
Congratulations! You're done configuring your client to send and retrieve Gmail messages.
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