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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
+ type="topic" id="email-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="2.28.3" version="0.1" date="2010-10-16" status="review"/>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>April Gonzales</name>
+ <email>loonycookie@gmail.com</email>
+ </credit>
+ <license>
+ <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
+ </license>
+
+ </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 <guiseq><gui>Configuration instructions</gui><gui>Other</gui><gui>Standard Instructions</gui></guiseq>.</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>
+