correct me if im wrong, but i think i read in a thread here that i can use MAIL for my gmail account...how do i set it up if ever it can be done? thanks!
Hi Martin. I use Mail to check 3 Gmail accounts. All you need to do is create a new POP account for each. 1. Log in to your Gmail account, click on Settings (upper right coner). 2. Click on the Forwarding and POP tab and enable POP. 3. To set up Mail, just click on the Configuration Instructions (item number 3) Enjoy!
@trina i use yahoo mail and my address doesnt end witha ph or a uk. i use mail and entourage to retrieve it.
@ martin -- that's a nyyoppe! you have to use macfreepops v1.6 enjoy! @ trina -- my yahoo mail is also @yahoo.com and i can retrieve emails in Mail using macfreepops! Dex
Beware of using 3rd party POP servers. Don't forget that there's a trust issue involved here. Whenever you use a POP server outside of your email provider's own, you essentially are giving away your username and password. Most 3rd party POP servers aren't all that reputable. If not full access to your account, at the very least, they get your email address (verified to be a working one), which is valuable commodity to spammers. If you really want to get Yahoo (non .ph, .uk, etc.), I recommend you pay the reasonable rate of USD20 per year.
@icetraxx -- in your Mail, use the pop server indicated by macfreepops on startup, then modify the port value in advanced settings also as indicated by macfreepops on startup. you will notice that you can't send emails through your yahoo and hotmail -- but you can if you use your gmail account as outgoing smtp server, thankg goodness my gf knows a thing about these settings or else i wouldn't have thought about it. anyhoo, don't forget to use your whole email as username on your pop account in mail. no settings are done in macfreepops, all settings are on Mail side. and maybe I should say, use on your own risk!
After setting up your POP/WebMail/IMAP on Mail, link to this thread for importing your contacts... ::cheers::
