How to Set Up A Gmail POP Account with the New Apple Mail

[cbaloga]

Very helpful! I wish I watched this years ago! haha

[jimthing1]

use Imap NOT pop... setup in Mail ...then:

IMPORTANT

Always set the mailboxes correctly, by for eg. selecting "Gmail/Drafts" and going to "Mailbox" menu then "Use This Mailbox For" then "Drafts". This will then move the Gmail drafts to be under the Drafts list in your Mail.app client.

Do likewise for Sent, Trash, and Junk.

Took me hours to find this out, as otherwise they are all bunched together at the bottom of the mailboxes!

Youtube search for "AskTheMacGuyDotCom" video, very good.

[fattygirl218]

I could NOT for the life of me set up my email account for my mac, I dont know what I was doing wrong and I just stopped trying. After two years I decided to look up videos on youtube and came across yours..... Thanks to your tutorial I was finally able to set things up. Thank you for your walk through!! I am very grateful

[CloneHat]

Why POP? What is it?

[MacTipper]

POP stands for "Post Office Protocol". Essentially, once you download a message to a computer, it will not be downloaded to another computer. (How many times can you receive the same letter from the post office?)

POP is preferable if you only have one computer. IMAP is preferred when you have multiple email receiving devices.

[educate9946]

I can not agree, IMAP is always superior. If alone because you can manage folders, or labels for that matter, in your mail client.

[applecrazy11]

Hey on mine it is asking for an "Incoming Mail Server" Wtf is that???

[MacTipper]

You want to set that to "smtp [dot] gmail [dot] com"

For the Username/Password, use your full Gmail address and Gmail password.

[Anthonyo1]

thanks

[MichaelTurner1804]

Thanks, This video really helped me dude, keep it up

[ReyGilliano]

hey dud can I use yahoo too?

[MacTipper]

Actually, in Leopard mail, you just enter in the email address and password, and Mail will set it up automatically. I don't know how to do a Yahoo account in tiger, sorry.

[DavidDude96]

thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FellowJello]

I just read this tip in a book called "Mac OS X, the missing manual," by: David Pogue. If you don't already have the book it's worth checking out from the library! ;) May have some secret/hidden tips for you too!

[dexarouskies]

nice tip - thanks.