I have enabled pop at gmail and successfully used it on other PCs.
On my mac (10.6.6) I go into Mail, I press the + to create a new account. There is no option to choose the Account Type anymore. Just the Name, email addr, and password. If I put in my gmail address, it just defaults to imap. I don't see a way to change it to pop anywhere.
I want to use pop as a way to backup my gmail to my mac.
How can I create a pop account for gmail?
Best Answer
Mail searches an online database to see how to connect to an account; it defaults to IMAP for GMail because that can work better than POP, but you can override it later. Tell Mail.app not to take the account on line immediately, then edit the account to switch it from IMAP to POP.
(Personally, I'd switch GMail to IMAP instead.)