| Incoming Mail (POP3) Server – requires SSL: | pop.gmail.com
Use SSL: Yes Port: 995 |
| Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server – requires TLS: | smtp.gmail.com (use authentication)
Use Authentication: Yes Use STARTTLS: Yes (some clients call this SSL) Port: 465 or 587 |
| Account Name: | your Gmail username (including '@gmail.com') |
| Email Address: | your full Gmail email address (username@gmail.com) |
| Password: | your Gmail password |
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
POP access to Gmail
Google is rolling out pop access to Gmail. I just noticed that I have it. If you have a Gmail account, once you're given POP access you'll see a "New Features" link at the top of the page. First, you'll need to enable POP access in your Gmail account settings. Then you'll need to configure your POP client appropriately -- Google is using non-standard ports and is requiring SSL connections. The server settings you'll need are:
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Gmail is offering free POP access just as M$ is announcing they will be charging for POP access to Hotmail this spring. They say this is their way of curbing some of the spam sent from Hotmail accounts. Or...it's a way to pad their wallets.
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