How to Access a Gmail Account with any Email Client via POP

By Heinz Tschabitscher, About.com Guide

Choose "Settings" from the top Gmail navigation bar

Select the action you want applied to mail after you have downloaded it to your email client

Heinz Tschabitscher

Choose Settings from the top Gmail navigation bar.
Select the Forwarding and POP 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.