Configure Mail for Gmail POP access

Nov 12, '04 10:24:00AM

Contributed by: rgovostes

Google recently started introducing free POP3 and SMTP e-mail access access to GMail users. However, their instructions for Mail were not very accurate, so I thought I'd share how to really get up and running with this new feature.

Please note that not all accounts have POP3 access yet, as it has only been introduced to a handful of users. To see if your account is POP-ready, log in and look for "New Features!" in red on the top-right of the window. If it isn't, this hint won't be very useful to you.

  1. Open up Mail.app and press Command+Comma to invoke the Preferences window.
  2. Switch to the "Accounts" pane and press the + button in the lower-left corner.
  3. Under "Account Information", fill out the following information:
  4. Select "Add Server..." from the "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)" pop-up menu. Here are the details for it:
  5. Back in the "Accounts" pane, switch to the "Advanced" tab and check the box marked "Use SSL" towards the bottom.
  6. The rest of the process is short and sweet, and merely involves changing your Gmail preferences to enable POP access.

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