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I was lucky enough to be an early adopter of Google Gmail. In those days the other big web based email providers Yahoo and Hotmail only provided very small email storage limits then along came Google and everything changed.
One of the best features of using Gmail is that you are able to use other desktop email clients like Outlook to download and read your email. You can also forward your Gmail to another email account. Gmail supports both the POP3 and IMAP protocols.
IMAP offers two-way communication between your web Gmail and your email client. This means when you log in to Gmail using a web browser, actions you perform on email clients and mobile devices (ex: putting mail in a 'work' folder) will instantly and automatically appear in Gmail.
I currently use IMAP from my Ipad’s standard email client with my Gmail account this means when I do something on my Ipad like moving or deleting an email it is automatically reflected in my Gmail account.
1. To access all this good stuff just login to your Gmail account and click on settings .
2. Then click on Forwarding POP/IMAP don't be intimidated by all the options.
3. Click enable IMAP or if you prefer you can click enable POP.
4. Configure your email client. (Google have provided some useful configuration instructions) so I won’t repeat them here.
When you have completed the setup you should now be able to access and control your Gmail account from your desktop or mobile email client.
Next time I will show you how you can configure Gmail to connect to and download emails from your other non Google email accounts. Why? So you can let Gmails very powerful Spam filters clean up all those unwanted Viagra messages for you.
Post by +Daryl Hunt
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