[X4U] Can Apple's Mail pick up GMail?

[Michael W. Sumbera]

Why?  Who knows.  Perhaps Google just isn't as cool as too many people  
seem to think it is.

Anyway, two clicks into Gmail Help brought me to this page, which  
might be of use to you:

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=81379


On Sep 30, 2008, at 8:08 AM, Crandon David wrote:

> I don't know. Why is Gmails help page telling me to use POP? Is it  
> because I want to use Apple's Mail to pick it up rather than going  
> to Googles website to pick it up?
>
> David
>
>
> On Sep 29, 2008, at 11:21 PM, Christopher Rob JONES wrote:
>
>> Linda wrote:
>>> On 9/29/08 10:08 AM, Crandon David wrote:
>>>> Yes, I want to be able to pick up some email from my non-smart cell
>>>> phone also. My cell will work with Gmail, but not my usual  
>>>> roadrunner
>>>> server. So I want to be able to pick up my Gmail from home as well
>>>> without having to go to Googles site.
>>> Some folks experience an issue with receiving the same Gmail to  
>>> more than
>>> one computer -- it doesn't always seem to work. You may have to  
>>> enable
>>> Gmail's "recent" mode, even when leaving messages on the server.
>>> <http://www.labnol.org/internet/email/check-gmail-email-on-multiple-computer
>>> s/1968/>
>>
>> Why not just use IMAP instead of POP if you want your mail  
>> accessible from multiple locations. Thats precisely what IMAP is  
>> designed for....