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type="topic" id="mail-access-gmail-pop-account">
<info>
<desc>How to set up a Gmail POP Account.</desc>
<link type="guide" xref="index#common-mail-problems" />
<link type="guide" xref="google-services"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="mail-account-manage-pop"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.11.92" version="0.2" date="2014-03-23" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name its:translate="no">April Gonzales</name>
<email its:translate="no">loonycookie@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="author">
<name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
<email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<title>Access a Gmail POP Account via Evolution</title>
<p>Follow these steps to set up your Gmail POP Account in Evolution:</p>
<steps>
<item><p>Log in to your Gmail account.</p></item>
<item><p>Go to <guiseq><gui>Settings</gui><gui>Forwarding and POP/IMAP</gui></guiseq>. Refer to the POP Download section.</p></item>
<item><p>Enable the POP download feature by ticking the radio button that corresponds to either of these options:</p>
<list>
<item><p>Enable POP for all mail (even mail that's already been downloaded)</p></item>
<item><p>Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on</p></item>
</list>
</item>
<item><p>Specify the other required settings for this Gmail feature.</p></item>
<item><p>To know the Gmail Account settings, click on <gui>Configuration instructions</gui>. Choose <gui>I want to enable POP</gui> and select <gui>Other</gui> from the list of clients.</p></item>
<item><p>On your Evolution client, go to <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mail Accounts</gui></guiseq>. Click <gui style="button">Add</gui>. </p></item>
<item><p>Provide the required information. For the account settings, refer to Step 5.</p></item>
</steps>
</page>
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