[X4U] Is it possible to get APPLE's EMAIL app to retrieve mail from GMAIL (Google?)

[Jeff Carruthers]

On Aug 19, 2008, at 3:25 PM, Ed Gould wrote:

> I would like to be able to get Apples MAIL.APP to retrieve email  
> from Google (GMAIL) is this possible?
>
> I have looked a little through help at Google and I am having no luck.
>
> Ed
>


Ed: yes it is possible. I receive and send google mail through Mail on  
my Macs and iPhone.

Go to the Gmail Help Centre and look for the article on "Enabling  
POP". The article tells you what to do on the Google side and on the  
Apple Mail application side.

Note that Google requires a non-standard port (995) to be set under  
the advanced tab in the preferences for the mail account for Google  
and uses password authentication. It also allows SSL encryption and  
this should be checked.

Here is a long link, in case you can't find the article:

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13273&cbid=1bzp0ekwjznmj&src=cb&lev=answer

Good luck.

Jeff

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