For enabling POP access to your Gmail account with any email client:
- Choose Settings from the top Gmail navigation bar.
- Select the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
- Make sure either Enable POP for all mail or Enable POP only for mail that arrives from now on is selected.
- Choose Enable POP for all mail if you want to download mail previously received at your Gmail account. Otherwise, select Enable POP only for mail that arrives from now on.
- Select the action you want applied to mail after you have downloaded it to your email client under When messages are accessed with POP.
- Click Save Changes.
- Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu in Outlook Express.
- Click Add | Mail....
- Type your name.
- Click Next >.
- Enter your Gmail address.
- Click Next >.
- Make sure POP3 is selected under My incoming mail server is a __ server..
- Type "pop.gmail.com" under Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server:.
- Enter "smtp.gmail.com" under Outgoing mail (SMTP) server:.
- Click Next >.
- Type your full Gmail address under Account name:.
- Enter your Gmail password under Password:.
- Click Next >.
- Click Finish.
- Highlight the newly created pop.gmail.com account.
- Click Properties.
- Go to the Servers tab.
- Make sure My server requires authentication is checked under Outgoing Mail Server.
- Go to the Advanced tab.
- Make sure This server requires a secure connection (SSL) is checked under both Outgoing mail (SMTP): and Incoming mail (POP3):.
- Type "465" under Outgoing server (SMTP):.
- If the number under Incoming server (POP3): has not been changed to "995" automatically, enter "995" there.
- Click OK.
- Click Close.
Outlook Express will retrieve not only all mail you get at your Gmail address but also messages you send from the Gmail web interface.
