IMAP makes sense in all other situations.

If you configure your client to delete messages from Gmail after downloading them, you can save storage space for other Google products, such as Google Photos.

POP makes sense in situations where you want to access your email messages only from one device.

So, which one should you use? Well, that depends entirely on your use case: The difference between POP and IMAP is that the former downloads emails to local storage, while the latter leaves them on Gmail servers and merely updates their status (read, unread, and so on).

Click Save Changes at the bottom to save the new email settings for Gmail.

Select the Enable IMAP option in the IMAP access section to turn on IMAP, or select the Enable POP for all mail or Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on option in the POP download section to turn on POP.

Go to the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.

Click the Settings gear icon in the top right and then choose the See all settings option.

Here’s how you can check if IMAP or POP is turned on: When setting up IMAP or POP access to your Gmail inbox on multiple devices, it’s a good idea to configure one device to use IMAP and the other one to use POP. IMAP uploads are limited to 500 MB of email data per day. Gmail lets users download up to 2,500 MB of email data per day using the IMAP protocol or up to 1250 MB of email data per day using the POP protocol. Looking for AOL settings or Outlook email settings? Our Blog's Email Settings category contains specs for all major mail service providers. IMAP Username: Your full email address Password: Your email account password POP3 Username: Your full email address Password: Your email account password

If you want to retrieve email messages sent to your Gmail inbox using a third-party email client, then you need to configure either Gmail POP settings or Gmail IMAP settings. SMTP Username: Your full email address Password: Your email account password Gmail Email Receiving Settings Because Gmail servers are trusted by all other email providers, your messages are unlikely to end up in the spam folder.

Using the Gmail SMTP settings below, you can configure a third-party email client to send messages via Gmail servers across the public internet.

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