You can retrieve your Gmail messages with a client or
device that supports POP, like Microsoft Outlook or Netscape Mail.
To enable POP in your Gmail account:
- Log in to your Gmail account.
- 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.
- Click Save Changes.
- Now you may configure your email client.
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