How Do I Enable IMAP/POP on Google Mail?
Enabling IMAP for Google@UH Gmail
To setup IMAP for Google@UH Gmail, you must first enable IMAP by:
- Log into Google@UH Gmail.
- Click on the gear icon in the upper right, then select See all settings.
- Click on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
- Under IMAP Access, select the radio button for Enable IMAP and click on Save Changes. You should be back viewing your Inbox.
- Click on See all settings again.
- Click on the Labels tab.
- Find the All Mail label and make sure Show in IMAP is unchecked.
- You may now open and configure your email client.
Enabling POP for Google@UH Gmail
To Setup POP for Google@UH Gmail, you must first enable POP by:
- Logging into Google@UH Gmail.
- Click on the gear icon in the upper right, then select See all settings.
- Click on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
- Under POP Download, select the radio button for Enable POP for all mail or Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on.
- Choose what to do with your messages when they are accessed by a POP client.
- Click Save Changes
Click here to enable POP for access from multiple computers.
Click here for additional IMAP/POP and SMTP settings.
This article is part of the
Google@UH Gmail FAQs
article.