3. In the POP Download area, select either Enable POP for All Mail or
Enable POP Only for Mail That Arrives from Now On.
If you choose to Enable POP for All Mail, you can download any or all the
mail currently in your Gmail account to your e-mail client. Otherwise,
you can download only new mail.
4. From the drop-down list, decide what action Gmail should take When
Messages Are Accessed with POP.
5. Click the Save Changes button.
Now you can configure your desktop e-mail client. I show you, as an example,
how to configure Outlook Express.
1. After opening Outlook Express, choose ToolsAccounts.
The Internet Accounts dialog box opens.
2. Click the Mail tab, and select AddMail.
The Internet Connection Wizard opens.
3. Type the name you want displayed to e-mail recipients in the text
field, and click Next.
4. Enter your complete e-mail address in the text field. Click Next.
5. Make sure that POP3 is selected in the My Incoming Mail Server Is A
drop-down list at the top of the dialog box. Type pop·gmail·com in the
Incoming Mail Server text field, and then type smtp·gmail·com in the
Outgoing Mail Server text field. (See Figure 6-8.) Click Next.
Figure 6-8: Entering the server names.
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